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.