After a relatively easy outing in their Indian Premier League opener, debutants Sunrisers Hyderabad face a sterner test as they take on a star-studded Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Sunrisers defended a small total of 126 for 6 after their bowlers produced a disciplined show to bundle out Warriors for 104 in 18.5 overs in the IPL match at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium.
Pune Warriors' head coach Allan Donald wants his players to 'help each other out' and create a 'relaxed environment' within the team in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).
Australia captain Michael Clarke, signed up by the Pune Warriors India, was ruled out of the sixth edition of the IPL after failing to recover from his injuries.
Pacer Ashish Nehra returns to the Delhi Daredevils squad for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League as the franchise swapped him for Ross Taylor in the ongoing players trading window.
Sahara Group pulled out of the Indian Premier League following financial dispute with the BCCI.
Delhi Daredevils skipper Mahela Jayawardene said they will have to "move on" after enduring a tough Indian Premier League season during which they finished at the bottom of the table.
Having moved ahead in the race for a playoff spot after a comfortable victory over Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad will now need to beat the beleaguered Kolkata Knight Riders in their final Pepsi IPL league match in Hyderabad on Sunday to finish among the top four.
It will be a battle to avoid the wooden spoon when laggards Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils meet for one last time in the 2013 season of the Pepsi Indian Premier League, in Pune, on Sunday.
The first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play in the IPL, Parveez Rasool, has refused to sport a liquor brand's logo on his Pune Warriors team jersey, saying that it would hurt his religious sentiments.
Five uncapped Indian players were suspended with immediate effect pending completion of an inquiry as a rattled The Board of Control for Cricket in India cracked the whip on tainted cricketers in the wake of a television sting operation, which claimed to have exposed corruption in the cash-rich Indian Premier League.
Mumbai Indians inched closer to earning a play-off berth as they rode on a disciplined bowling performance to eke out a five-wicket win over Pune Warriors in a Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Saturday.
Rajasthan Royals off-spinner Ajit Chandila, who claimed the first hat-trick in this year's IPL, attributed his success to former India spinner Narendra Hirwani for his encouraging words.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders scored a convincing 46-run win over struggling Pune Warriors, in Pune, to keep alive their outside hopes of qualifying for the play-off stage of the Indian Premier League.
Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will aim to restore lost pride when they take on a struggling Pune Warriors in their Indian Premier League match in Pune on Thursday.
Delhi Daredevils won the 'Battle of the Minnows' as they defeated Pune Warriors by 15 runs in the Indian Premier League in Raipur on Sunday.
Chris Gayle broke and established many new records with his big-hitting in the game against Pune Warriors India. We take a look at some of them.
Regarded as the most dangerous batsman in Twenty20 cricket, Chris Gayle has said that he himself was awestruck by his devastating 175-run knock against Pune Warriors and said it was one of those days when everything "he hit stayed hit".
Chris Gayle smashed the most breathtaking knock in the history of Twenty20 cricket, blasting an incredible 175 off a mere 66 balls, as Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed a hapless Pune Warriors by a record 130 runs in the Pepsi Indian Premier League.
Standout performances by the two batsmen helped the hosts register a thumping seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors.
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.
The middle-order's tendency to collapse and the lack of fifth bowler are the two areas of concerns for Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of their Indian Premier League match against Pune Warriors in Bangalore on Tuesday.
Pune Warriors assistant coach Pravin Amre has defended his team's decision to ask listless Ashok Dinda to bowl the final few overs in their IPL game against Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has credited his side's 41-run victory over Pune Warriors, to the 54-run opening stand between skipper Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar.
Hosts Rajasthan Royals will look to regroup and get back to winning ways after their unexpected loss to lowly Pune Warriors, when they take on Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Jaipur on Sunday.
Struggling Pune Warriors, with a question mark hanging over the fitness of their impact player Yuvraj Singh, cross swords with high-flying Rajasthan Royals in the Pepsi IPL clash at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune on Thursday.
Kings XI Punjab had never won their opening match in the IPL before their eight-wicket victory over Pune Warriors on Sunday and captain Adam Gilchrist is relieved that his side has got rid of the hoodoo.
Pune Warriors's batting ace Yuvraj Singh has a unique bowling record, with two hat-tricks, in the IPL, the feat only matched by Sunrisers Hyderabad leg-spinner Amit Mishra. Mumbai Indians pacer Lasith Malinga holds the record for most wickets in the IPL, a tally of 83 wickets in 56 matches, with Mishra second on 74 wickets from 59 matches.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, the new IPL outfit, have suffered a blow ahead of the tournament with star player Shikhar Dhawan being ruled out due to injury for at least their opening tie against Pune Warriors, to be held on April 5.
The Pune Warriors India are all set to release burly New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder who now goes back to the auction pool while Delhi Daredevils will also release a few of their foreign recruits from last season including Ranji Trophy's highest run-scorer Robin Bist.
Australian captain Michael Clarke, who played for Pune Warriors in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League, believes the cash-rich tournament will sustain despite being marred by endless controversies.
Sourav Ganguly will no longer be the captain of Pune Warriors in Indian Premier League and will serve only as the team's mentor, putting an end to intense speculation over the struggling batsman's fate following a string of poor results.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Deccan Chargers and Pune Warriors in Cuttack on Tuesday.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara and Cameron White's brutal hitting at the death proved to be the decisive factor as Deccan Chargers defeated Pune Warriors by 13 runs in their Indian Premier League match in Cuttack.
Kumar Sangakkara did the unthinkable. In an unprecedented move on Sunday the Sri Lankan decided to pull himself out of the Deccan Chargers playing XI ahead of their match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium, this despite of the fact that he is the captain of the side.
Jubilant after leading his side to a facile triumph over Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir is now plotting revenge over Pune Warriors -- the side led by one of Kolkata's favourite sons Sourav Ganguly.
Pune Warriors seamer Krishna Kant Upadhyay and unknown Ranjit Mali from Assam rocked the depleted Bengal batting to give Railways a 77-run first innings lead thereby raising hopes of staying in the Group A.
Pune Warriors off-spinner Marlon Samuels has been reported for a suspect action by the on-field and TV umpires after his team's match against Chennai Super Kings, in Pune on Saturday.
Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood, who is now a British citizen, has finally got an Indian visa and will be joining his IPL team, Kings XI Punjab soon, skipper Adam Gilchrist said.
Vidarbha pacer Srikanth Wagh's stellar performance came for Stokesley Cricket Club in the match against Middlesbrough.
