Chennai: Former South Africa pacer Allan Donald is in awe of Dale Steyn and says had he bowled alongside the current world number one pace merchant from his country, the two would have formed the most lethal attack. Donald is presently employed as coach with IPL franchise Pune Warriors. "I wish I did. If I were to bowl with Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, we would have formed the most...
02:48 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Chennai: Fresh from their morale-boosting win over two-time champions Chennai Super Kings, Pune Warriors India batsman Ross Taylor has advised his team-mates to guard against complacency and be prepared for "tough" challenges ahead. "It is a long tournament and we don't want to get carried away. We will enjoy the moment and get ready in two days' time in Pune. It is going to be tough," Taylor told reporters. Standing...
02:03 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Chennai: Yuvraj Singh will miss his second straight game in the ongoing Indian Premier League, with his Pune Warriors team-mate Ross Taylor confirming that the injured all-rounder will not be part of the playing XI against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday. Yuvraj missed out on Pune's win over two-time winners Chennai Super Kings last night due to injury. "I am not sure right now. He is not going to be playing...
01:15 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Chennai: Pune Warriors appointed Anand Chulani, performance and mental conditioning expert, as their peak performance coach Monday. Chulani is a graduate from Georgetown University with a double minor in Psychology and has worked with Kings XI Punjab and Warriors all-rounder Abhishek Nayar last year. "I am honoured to be a part of the Pune Warriors. We have outstanding talent and a committed, hard working bunch of guys," said Chulani. "It's...
08:32 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Live updates from the Game 19 of the IPL 6 between Chennai Super Kings and Pune Warriors played at Chennai. Pune Warriors India are without their regular slipper Angelo Mathews who is sitting out due to political pressure in southern India in protest over the war crimes in Sri Lanka bars the islanders from playing in Chennai and Yuvraj is unlikely to take the field . CSK, though, are still...
07:20 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Chennai: Pune Warriors India will need to make a forced captaincy change on Monday when their regular skipper Angelo Mathews sits out the tough encounter against Chennai Super Kings, who are coming off a surprise last-ball win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Political pressure in southern India in protest over the war crimes in Sri Lanka bars the islanders from playing in Chennai, which will force the team management to pick...
08:13 PM, Apr 14, 2013
It seldom happens that Rohit Sharma shows his skills in back-to-back matches. But the Mumbai batsman, taking confidence from his previous innings (74*), made another important contribution for his side, helping his side register a 41-run win over Pune Warriors at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Sharma (62 off 32) used the launch pad set by Dinesh Karthik (41 off 29) perfectly and took the side to a massive total,...
07:23 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Live Updates from Game 15 of IPL 6 between Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Mumbai are coming into this game after back-to-back victories against Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils. Pune got off to an awful start, losing two of their three matches, but came back strongly against Rajasthan Royals, winning the contest by seven wickets. ...
03:26 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Pune: Pune Warriors' leg-spinner Rahul Sharma was elated after his team won the first match of the season, beating Rajasthan Royals here on Thursday night. "Yes, it feels really great when you win a match. We have a good side and it takes a while to gel, since we have a new captain, and a lot has changed for us this year - Angelo is the captain, Yuvi Paaji is...
06:49 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: Just when critics started writing off Pune Warriors India, they come up a perfect answer as they beat in-form Rajasthan Royals to register their first win in IPL 6. But they will have very little time to celebrate as they face mighty Mumbai Indians on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Players from both the sides will be geared up for one of the most anticipated derbies this...
06:26 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Pune: Rajasthan Royals allrounder James Faulkner has expressed confidence that the 2008 Indian Premier League champions will bounce back strongly after the defeat they suffered here Thursday night against Pune Warriors. Making his debut for Rajasthan Royals, the Tasmanian allrounder made 19 and then returned to claim two wickets for 17 runs in his four overs. "Personally, yeah it was a reasonably good game. But we lost a game of...
04:59 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Pune: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid on Thursday attributed his side's seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Pune Warriors in their IPL match here to the batting collapse in the second part of their innings but vowed to bounce back in the tournament. "We just kept losing wicket and that cost us dear. Just when we thought we could accelerate, we lost Ajinkya Rahane, we lost (Stuart) Binny and then...
12:04 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Live updates from Game 13 of IPL 6 between Pune Warriors and Rajasthan Royals at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune on Thursday. Pune Warriors have played two matches but are yet to register a victory. Rajasthan, on the other hands, will look for a hat-trick of victories. Pune have got the boost with the return of Yuvraj Singh, who missed the last game against Kings XI Punjab with...
07:25 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Pune: Pune Warriors India head coach Allan Donald Wednesday said it might be the fear of failure that has resulted in openers Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey failing to take advantage of field restrictions at the beginning of their innings during the team's first two Pepsi IPL games. "Manish Pandey and Robin Uthappa are attacking batsmen, but they seem to have gone into a shell during powerplay. It could be...
07:06 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: South African cricket player Wayne Parnell, who is out on bail in connection with a 'rave party' case in the Indian city Mumbai, appeared before police to record his statement, as per court directives. Parnell appeared at the Juhu police station as per the special NDPS court order, a police official said. "His statement is being recorded," the official added. The cricketer had surrendered before the court on Monday...
04:31 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Pune: Pune Warriors India have got off to a sub-standard start in IPL 6, suffering two heavy defeats against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab. On Thursday, low on confidence, the Angelo Mathews-led Pune will look to revive their campaign against the unbeaten Rajasthan Royals at the MCA Stadium here. The batting has struggled so far for Pune and the team managemnet needs to sit down and rejig it in...
04:12 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: South African cricket player Wayne Parnell who was a wanted accused in the Juhu 'rave party' case, on Monday surrendered before a local court and was immediately granted bail for Rs 10,000. He had earlier been shown as a wanted accused in the chargesheet of the case. Parnell hadn't joined his IPL team Pune Warriors yet but he should be able to do so after his bail on Monday....
11:00 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Mumbai: South African cricket player Wayne Parnell who was a wanted accused to be a part of a 'rave party' during the last Indian Premier League, surrendered before a local court. Parnell was later granted bail for Rs 10,000. He had earlier been shown as a wanted accused in the chargesheet of the case. Last month, the Special NDPS court had given a copy of the chargesheet filed in the...
04:45 PM, Apr 08, 2013
