IPL Team Sahara Pune Warriors 2011 : Players Info

The new Indian Premier League (IPL) team, Sahara Pune Warriors owned by the Sahara India Parivar joins the fourth season of IPL 2011. The franchises of Pune and Kochi joined the 8 teams for the 2011 season of IPL in March 2010. Sahara Group was selected from three specified choices – Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune. The winning bid of $370 million for the Pune franchise was made by the Sahara Adventure Sports Limited which is in the short history of IPL. The head coach of Sahara Pune Warriors is previous Australian opener, Geoff Robert Marsh who is also remained as the coach of the Australian world cup winning side in 1999 while Dermot Reeve is the assistant coach of the team.

Subrata Roy of Sahara Group acquired the Pune IPL team at the 2010 franchise auction for two new Indian Premier League teams. The bid was lost by The Videocon Group for the Pune IPL Team and for Rs 1,702 crore Sahara group bought it on March 22, 2010. It was named as Sahara Pune Warriors at a function held at Pune on 24 April 2010. Sahara group declared its Pune IPL team name and revealed its logo at S.P. College ground in which Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar and producer-director Mahesh Manjerekar began with a cultural programme. In the MCA Pune International Cricket Centre ground situated at Gahunje almost 25 km from Pune, the new IPL Team Sahara Pune Warriors will play their home matches.

Sahara Pune Warriors – new IPL team logo

Sahara Pune Warriors team logo is not like modern type but disclose the Indian Culture by sketch of Shivaji Maharaj, the hero of Marathi culture. The logo comprises a spike exerting cavalry-warrior on a horse, including a 'jiretop' on his head, with the name of team subsequent to it. The name of the team is written in the same tri color of the Indian Flag - orange, white and green colors.

Sahara Pune Warriors Team Squad/List of players

Sahara Pune Warriors snapped up some excellent players in the Auction of the 2011 with their first buy Yuvraj Singh for a gigantic $1.8 million. They bought Karnataka’s stylish batsman Robin Uthappa as their wicket keeper for $2.1 million and South African captain Graeme Smith for $0.5 million that makes their team a very good combination of youth and experience in the team. The Pune franchise’s costliest player is Uthappa and they have added Angelo Mathews, Nathan McCullum and Callum Ferguson to have a powerful middle order.

14 players of Sahara Pune Warriors

1. Robin Uthappa – 2.1 Million USD (9.66 Crore INR)
2. Yuvraj Singh – 1.8 Million USD (8.28 Crore INR)
3. Angelo Mathews – 0.95 Million USD (4.30 Crore INR)
4. Ashish Nehra – 0.85 Million USD (3.85 Crore INR)
5. Graeme Smith – 0.5 Million USD (2.26 Crore INR)
6. Murali Kartik – 0.4 Million USD
7. Callum Ferguson – 0.3 Million USD (1.36 Crore INR)
8. Mitchell Marsh – 0.29 Million USD
9. Tim Paine – 0.27 Million USD (1.22 Crore INR)
10. Wayne Parnell – 0.16 Million USD
11. Jesse Ryder – 0.15 Million USD
12. Nathan McCullum – 0.1 Million USD
13. Jerome Taylor – 0.1 Million USD
14. Alfonso Thomas – 0.1 Million USD

Robin Uthappa

Full name: Robin Venu Uthappa
Country: India
Price bracket: $200,000
Pur. price: $2.1 million
Role: Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper

A son of an international hockey referee, Karnataka-born, Robin Uthappa made his One Day International debut in April 2006 in the seventh and final match of the English tour of India with 86 runs as an opening batsman previous to run out. At the ICC World T20 World Cup 2007, he played a significant role in India's win. Once a wicketkeeper-batsman, Uthappa focuses on batting now so give up the big gloves. At all junior levels and first class for Karnataka State Cricket Association Uthappa has played. In the 2008 IPL, he played for Mumbai Indians and had a quite victorious opening season. He exchanged places with Zaheer Khan and moved to Royal Challengers Bangalore in January 2009. He smashed 51 runs out of 21 balls, the second fastest fifty in IPL and was the match winner for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2010 IPL in the match against Kings XI Punjab. There is lot of expectations from the Pune’s franchises as he is great batsman so let’s see what he contributes in this IPL.

Yuvraj Singh

Full name: Yuvraj Singh
Country: India
Price bracket: $400,000
Pur. price: $1.8 million
Role: All-rounder

Yuvraj Singh is well-known for hitting sixes, who is the son of earlier Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. Since 2000, he has been a member of the Indian cricket team (ODIs) and in 2003 played his first Test match. He hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad at the 2007 World Twenty20 and from late-2007 to late-2008 he was also the vice captain of the ODI team. Yuvraj Singh hits the ball as clean and long as it has ever been hit when all is well with him. He strikes the ball very hard and fielding is also superb. He will surely do some great things in this IPL whether in batting, bowling or fielding.

Angelo Mathews

Full name: Angelo Davis Mathews
Country: Sri Lanka
Price bracket: $300,000
Pur. price: $950,000
Role: All-rounder

Angelo Mathews is a great all-rounder, who is proficient of batting anywhere in the top order and even delivers lively medium pace. At the age of just 16, he made his debut for Sri Lanka Under-19s against Pakistan in 2003 and also captained the Sri Lanka team in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. In November 2008, he made his international debut in a One Day International against Zimbabwe. He was named as 'Personality of the Year' by Living Magazine in November 2010, in Sri Lanka.

Ashish Nehra

Full name: Ashish Nehra
Country: India
Price bracket: $200,000
Pur. price: $850,000
Role: Bowler

This Delhi born player is gifted with pace and swing and he is a left-arm seamer with a side-on action. He brings to the popping-crease most of the qualities of a classical left-arm fast bowler such as pace, accuracy, subtle variations of line and length, a skill to move the ball off the wicket and a overwhelming late inswinger that can hassle the best. In 1999 he made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo and in 2001 his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare. On 7 May 2008, he won the Man of the Match for the game versus Rajasthan Royals taking three wickets. From 2009, he plays for the Delhi DareDevils and in the latest IPL auction picked up by Sahara Pune Warriors.

Graeme Smith

Full name: Graeme Craig Smith
Country: South Africa
Price bracket: $400,000
Pur. price: $500,000
Role: Batsman

A tall and left-handed opening batsman, Graeme Smith is the current captain of the South African cricket team. The achievements of him are noteworthy as a batsman and even the most significant fact is that the self-assurance of South Africans, both inside and outside of the national team and its structures have been restore under Smith. His skill to dominate the opposition bowlers is eminent. Smith scored double centuries consecutively during the tour of England in 2003 - 277 runs at Edgbaston and 259 at Lord’s. Meaty, muscular and mighty, Smith hit 6 fours off an over in an ODI against Pakistan.

Murali Kartik

Full name: Murali Kartik
Country: India
Price bracket: $200,000
Pur. price: $400,000
Role: Bowler

In the Indian cricket team Murali Kartik is a classic left-arm spinner, who is known for his fiery outlook and quite a few unforgettable match-winning performances. He has frequently played the substitute to Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. Certainly Murali Kartik represents a valuable hidden talent of India cricket that requires to be better explored to help India stretch out in the glory of cricketing victory time.

Callum Ferguson

Full name: Callum James Ferguson
Country: Australia
Price bracket: $200,000
Pur. price: $300,000
Role: Batsman

Australian middle-order batsman, Callum Ferguson’s growing career received a key blow in 2009 due to a severe knee injury that he suffered during the Champions Trophy final ruled him out for the whole season. Ponting touted him Australia’s future Test mainstay as he was impressed by his talent to pick the line of the delivery early, his solidity and timing. Callum Ferguson was South Australia's foremost run-getter in his debut first-class season and also in the 2010 T20 Champions League the South Australia's second utmost run-getter.

Mitchell Marsh

Full name: Mitchell Ross 'Mitch' Marsh
Country: Australia
Price bracket: $100,000
Pur. price: $290,000
Role: All-rounder

Son of Australian legend Geoff Marsh and younger brother of Shaun Marsh, Mitchell captained the Australia Under-19s to triumph in the 2010 U-19 World Cup in New Zealand, thrashing Pakistan in a low-scoring final. Mitchell Marsh is a middle order batsman who bats right-handed and even a medium fast bowler. Andrew Symonds is his cricketing hero and he plays for the Deccan Chargers, Western Warriors & Sahara Pune Warriors in the IPL.

Tim Paine

Full name: Timothy David Paine
Country: Australia
Price bracket: $100,000
Pur. price: $270,000
Role: Wicket-keeper

A solid top-order batsman and wicketkeeper, Tim Paine plays for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and plays club cricket for the University of Tasmania Cricket Club. Paine opens the batting for Australia in one-dayers although frequently batting at the traditional wicket-keepers spot of six or seven in first-class cricket for Tasmania. At the age of just 16, he received a rookie contract with Tasmania and became the youngest-ever contracted player in Australia. He was named Vice Captain of the Australia's Twenty20 team on January 7th, 2011.

Wayne Parnell

Full name: Wayne Dillon Parnell
Country: South Africa
Price bracket: $100,000
Pur. price: $160,000
Role: Bowler

Wayne Parnell is a naturally gifted all-rounder who plays Tests, One Day International and Twenty20 matches for South Africa. He is left-hand batsman, bowls left-arm fast-medium and seems to have been earmarked for victory from a young age. He plays for the Warriors at domestic level having earlier represented Eastern Province and also played county cricket for Kent. He was signed by the Delhi Daredevils for the 2010 IPL and joined the Sahara Pune Warriors in 2011.

Jesse Ryder

Full name: Jesse Daniel Ryder
Country: New Zealand
Price bracket: $100,000
Pur. price: $150,000
Role: Batsman

A New Zealand cricketer, Jesse Ryder's early career successes have been stained by his weight issues and drinking problems. Ryder is a hard-hitting middle-order batsman for Tests and an opening batsman in ODIs as well as bowls useful medium-pace. He displays a swagger and flair which hardly any others possess. Despite his transgression, New Zealand has persisted with him due to his broad range of shots combined with his penchant of scoring big.

Nathan McCullu

Full name: Nathan Leslie McCullum
Country: New Zealand
Price bracket: $100,000
Pur. price: $100,000
Role: Bowler

The son of earlier Otago representative Stu McCullum and the older brother of Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum is an off spinning all-rounder. A New Zealand international cricketer, Nathan McCullum is even a member of the Otago Volts, contending in the State Championship, State Shield and State Twenty20 competitions. For New Zealand he made his Twenty20 International debut on 19 September 2007 against South Africa at the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.

Jerome Taylor

Full name: Jerome Everton Taylor
Country: West Indies
Price bracket: $100,000
Pur. price: $100,000
Role: Bowler

A young quickie from Jamaica, Jerome Taylor led the fast bowling attack including Dwayne Bravo, Daren Powell and Ian Bradshaw at the World Cup. In 2003, he was called into the West Indian series for the final match against Sri Lanka after just one match playing for Jamaica. He recognized himself in the 2006 DLF Cup in Malaysia, and backed his performance with a hat-trick to escort his nation to an exciting victory over Australia in the Champions Trophy.

Alfonso Thomas

Full name: Alfonso Clive Thomas
Country: South Africa
Price bracket: $50,000
Pur. price: $100,000
Role: Bowler

Alfonso Thomas is a right arm fast-medium bowler and also big hitting lower-order batsman who plays domestic cricket presently for Somerset County Cricket Club. Many franchises were interested in Alfonso Thomas in an auction at Bangalore; however Pune Warriors successfully won the bid at $100,000 at last. Thomas was earlier up for sale at base price of $50,000 but went up because of bids from other franchise teams of IPL so now he will play for upcoming IPL 2011.

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