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http://cricket.ndtv.com/IPL2010/news_story.aspx?ID=SPOEN20100139356&keyword=news

Pune IPL team to be called Sahara Pune Warriors

The Pune franchise of the IPL will be called as the Sahara Pune Warriors, team owners Sahara Group announced on Saturday.

Business conglomerate Sahara had bagged Pune in the last month's auction for the two new IPL teams.

Sahara Adventure Sports Group had made an identical USD 370 million bid for three cities -- Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Pune. And when asked to pick, they had chosen Pune.

"They made the highest bid for all three cities and were asked to chose one of the cities. Accordingly, Pune will be their home ground," Modi had told reporters.

Rendezvous Sports World Limited had clinched Kochi as the second new IPL team.

Both these teams will join the cash-awash Twenty20 league from the 2011 season

[Blwe_torch]

bahut hi ghatiya name hai...if this is true!
izzat ka zamana hi nahin raha............only plain warriors?!!!

[dextrous]

"Support Warriors"? What kind of name is that?

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hi hi hi....

Dravid has come to open....................wonder what he is proving whom!

wrong thread...right now deccan needs your sahara

[Blwe_torch]

hi hi hi....

Dravid has come to open....................wonder what he is proving whom!

wrong thread...right now deccan needs your sahara

I know...I have shifted it to the appropriate thread....but may be I am sloww off the feet just like Dravid...

[Blwe_torch]

very insipid name I must say...hope it changes in due course of time

[k-slice]

"Support Warriors"? What kind of name is that?

sure as hell is better then Knight riders. Whats next a car that speaks??

Attended the ceremony. heard all the usual BS about how sahara will get the best players. The Mharashtra Cricket association are trying to get sahara to push for Aditya Dole and other ranji players from Maharashtra. although i am not too sure about how wise that will be eventually i must admit that maharashtra did beat all the teams in the west zone T 20. Including a strong Mumbai side with Zak, rohit sharma, Agarkar, Dhawal K etc in it. The logo looks familiar too. The head of the horse is pretty similar to the head of the broncos horse. they couldnt have a dude with a sword riding the horse as another maharashtra premier League team apparently has it. all said and done there was a lot of excitement. Now i hope MY team doesnt end up finishing in the last 3 teams 3 years running.

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Now i hope MY team doesnt end up finishing in the last 3 teams 3 years running.

Don't rule that out ...heard they have been in touch with SG to captain their team

[k-slice]

KIC
SG wants to come to pune. though if he gets a decent team i am sure it wont be bad. besides SG has a HUGE fan following in pune. I remember when he was making a comeback into the team, he played for bengal against maharashtra. bengal were 80 for 4 when he came to bat. till that point everyone was cheering for maharashtra but his coming out changed that. Although he was clearly out to Munaf patel and not given the crowd cheered him all the way to his 100. him and deep dasgupta saved them. Buggers!

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KIC
SG wants to come to pune. though if he gets a decent team i am sure it wont be bad. besides SG has a HUGE fan following in pune. I remember when he was making a comeback into the team, he played for bengal against maharashtra. bengal were 80 for 4 when he came to bat. till that point everyone was cheering for maharashtra but his coming out changed that. Although he was clearly out to Munaf patel and not given the crowd cheered him all the way to his 100. him and deep dasgupta saved them. Buggers!

k-slice, is that a genuine news?
I mean, it is good if it is true.............but I haven't read anything to that effect.
Pune needs a strong leader.
We need to bring back Khadiwale from KKR....he is a very talented batsman.

[k-slice]

SG has approached subroto according the Sakal and i think TOI. As i said earlier he has a HUGE fan base in pune. obviously not as big as kolkatta but big nonetheless. I just hope he isnt made captain. I think he would make an excellent mentor though. hypothetically speaking he could even end up with a role like fleming in the team eventually. Harshad khadivale is def on the list of potential players. Kedar jadhav is another. both are thoroughly inconsistent though. Rumor has it that YS, despite all the Politically correct noises he is making also wants to come to pune. It would be awesome if we could get atleast 3 star players and then use our limited local talent. it might take longer to achieve success but i think in the long run it would help more.