Pune IPL Team: Team name and logo

Sahara Pune Warriors is the team name of Sahara India’s Pune Franchisee. The name and the logo were unveiled in a entertaining Programme at S.P.College ground Pune. The logo consists of a warrior sitting on a Horse.
The program was attended by Chairman Saharasri Sri Subroto Roy Sahara,Deputy managing worker Mrs.Swapna Roy and other family members along with many film stars who entertained the audience along with the dance group from Shaimak Davar.
Sahara India Parivar has been Promoting Sports like Indian Cricket and Hockey teams along with Boxing,wrestling and shooting.

Two New Teams in IPL 2011:

Sahara Group was the highest bidder at $370 million to bag Pune and Rendezvous Sports bid $333.33 million to get Kochi as the two new franchisees to make the Indian Premier League (IPL) a 10-team affair from the 2011 season.

Announcing the bid results here, Sahara Group had the option of choosing from Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune as their home. The corporate from Lucknow picked Pune as it host city.

The consortium from Kerala, Rendezvous Group, decided on Kochi as its base.

Top Bowlers So far:

Top Batsmen so far:

DC vs RR :

DC Vs RR IPL match: By the fantastic and dashing performance of star batsman Yusuf Pathan, Rajasthan Royals (RR) got 3rd victory in the last match Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Deccan Chargers (DC). Yusuf Pathan once again started the shower of 8 towering sixes and scored unbeaten 73 runs in 34 balls by attacking on the bowlers of Deccan Chargers. By the stunning inning of star performer Yosuf Pathan, Rajasthan Royals crushed the defending Deccan Chargers by 8 wickets in the last match.    Shane Warne was at his most lethal against DC, both as a bowler and captain.

  Opener Michael Lumb gave an explosive start with 45 runs off 32 balls including 7 fours. He smashed 4 fours in an over of RP Singh. After loosing the first wicket in Naman Ojha (14), as Pathan came on the ground, the match turned out to be a one man show. 

Pathan whacked the bowlers of Deccan Chargers (DC) all over the ground sending balls soaring over the stadium. He was effortlessly hitting sixes among the huge roar of the crowd and everyone was shocked by his murderous mood. This was his 19th six of the tournament when he hit the winning six off Rahul Sharma. Yusuf Pathan, who stuck a fastest hundred off 37 deliveries with nine huge sixes against his first match, has took his tally to total 242 runs at the strike rate of 181.95. This is the best by the batsmen of any team so far. 
Rajasthan Royals also bounced back in the last match Rajasthan Royals (RR) Vs Deccan Chargers (DC), as this was 3rd victory of Royals in this tournament. Now the Royals have reached to the third place with 6 points. Whereas the Chargers lost their second match of the tournament and placed at 4th position behind the Royals. Leading attack of the Royals with Warne restricted the strong batting side of Chargers, by the intelligent bowling of the Royals.

When Matthew Hayden makes hay, the sun shines on Chennai Super Kings.

It was one such evening at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Friday when the big-made Aussie came good and left Delhi Daredevils reeling at the receiving end of a brutal assault.

The left-handed opener's destructive 43-ball 93, studded with seven sixes and nine fours, proved decisive as Super Kings won by five wickets with as many deliveries to spare.
Using the much-talked about ‘mongoose' bat, (a variant with a smaller blade and a longer handle) from the fourth over, Hayden continued to punish the new ball bowlers by turns.

Points Table - After 12th Match: