you are here: Home /
 

Ganguly will play for Puna Warriors

By From News Desk
Updated Wednesday, 04 May 2011 12:05:45 - IST (UTC +5:30)

May 3, 2011: The former Kolkata IPL captain, has been signed by Pune Warriors as a replacement for Ashish Nehra, who was ruled out for the remainder of the 2011 season with a finger injury. Ganguly will be vice-captain to Yuvraj Singh .
"We were waiting for Ashish Nehra's fitness report and ultimately the report came yesterday," Abhijit Sarkar, Pune's team director, told PTI. "I was already in talks with Ganguly and we decided that the amount of experience that Sourav has in cricket will no doubt help the team. So we finalised Ganguly last night.
"He is playing in IPL not for money but to prove a point. Our team think-tank felt that Sourav Ganguly is the best possible option available so we went for him. He has been a fighter and a master of comebacks. We are very much confident that he will prove his worth."
Ganguly with an average IPL record have 1031 runs at an average of 28 and strike-rate of 110.

Tags: From News Desk IPL Cricket Update, Ganguly, Kolkata, Puna Warriors, Mumbai Indians, Ashish Nehra

  • MUMBAI: The last time Muslims and Dalits created a joint political platform in Maharashtra was in the 1980s. Led by former smuggler and don Haji Mastan, the Dalit Muslim Suraksha Mahasangh (DMSM)...

    2012-05-07 17:11:22 |
    0 comments
  • MUMBAI: Chemical analysis of a powder-like substance collected from a Byculla apartment where two suspected Pakistani 13/7 bombers stayed has proved that it is the deadly explosive RDX. The...

    2012-05-03 17:34:23 |
    0 comments
  • Srinagar : For Abdul Rashid Khan, it has been a long wait for justice. Twelve years after his father Juma Khan was allegedly picked from his house, killed in a fake encounter and dubbed a foreign...

    2012-05-03 17:30:23 |
    0 comments
  • New Delhi : The Supreme Court gave the Army full “discretion” to choose between a court martial and a criminal trial for seven officers accused of killing five persons in an encounter in...

    2012-05-03 17:27:07 |
    0 comments
  • New Delhi. Syed Ghulam Akber, member Markazi Majlis-e-Shoora (Central Advisory Council) and former Secretary Jamaat-e-Islami Hind breathed his last at Care Hospital in Hyderabad at about 1 p.m....

    2012-04-30 20:38:08 |
    0 comments
  • Government responsible for Communal Violence in Hyderabad city RSS outfits Communalizing the situation and polarizing population by developing Communal Sentiments. Introduce and pass Communal...

    2012-04-25 11:01:25 |
    0 comments
  • Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Younis Khan, will return home from West Indies today after his elder brother died in Germany. The PCB has given Younis permission to miss the two-Test series...

    2011-05-08 18:59:07 |
    0 comments
  • Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne's announces his retirement as a player from IPL. He most likely continue to support Rajasthan as a coach or advisor in the future. "Yes this is my last year...

    2011-05-06 16:59:11 |
    0 comments
  • Delhi Daredevils 179 for 6 (Sehwag 119, Ishant 2-16) beat Delhi Daredevils 175 for 5 (Duminy 55, Sangakkara 44, Agarkar 2-29) by four wickets. Delhi Daredevils captain Sehwag hits blistering...

    2011-05-06 12:07:26 |
    0 comments
  • Ganguly will play for Puna Warriors

    May 3, 2011: The former Kolkata IPL captain, has been signed by Pune Warriors as a replacement for Ashish Nehra, who was ruled out for the remainder of the 2011 season with a finger injury. Ganguly...

    2011-05-04 12:31:45 |
    0 comments
  • Mumbai Indians 172 for 4 (Rohit 56*, Symonds 44*, Mishra 2-14) beat Deccan Chargers 135 for 8 (Sangakkara 34, Malinga 3-9) by 37 runs Match notes Mumbai Indians innings Powerplay 1:...

    2011-04-24 20:13:23 |
    0 comments
  • Kings XI Punjab 195 for 7 (Marsh 71, Valthaty 46, Tait 3-22) beat Rajasthan Royals 147 for 7 (Praveen 2-22, Bhatt 2-20) by 48 runs. Points Kings XI Punjab 2, Rajasthan Royals 0 Hunting the highest...

    2011-04-22 14:06:33 |
    0 comments