Sahara group has announced its Pune IPL team name and uneiled its logo at S.P. College ground.Team will be called the Sahara Pune Warriors. Bollywood celebs like actor/director Mahesh Manjrekar and Urmila Matondkar started with a cultural programme. The Pune IPL franchise was bought by Sahara for USD 370 million last month.

The Sahara India group chief Subroto Roy said, “Pune is the land of Maratha warriors. So the name of the team is as much Sahara Maratha Warriors as Sahara Pune Warriors.”
“It is a moment of great pleasure for us to present the identity of the Pune IPL team for the people of the city and cricket enthusiasts across the world,” said Subrata Roy, chairman of the Sahara group
“We have just started the journey and in the short span the support and affection received from the people here is very heartening and makes me feel that Pune is my second home.”
The team will take part in IPL 2011and will play its home matches at the MCA Stadium Pune.