Yuvraj return lifts Pune Warriors
ESPNcricinfo previews the match between Pune Warriors and Rajasthan Royals in Pune
Match facts
Thursday, April 11, 2013Start time 2000 (1430 GMT)
Big Picture
Pune Warriors' middle-order should be the envy of any Twenty20 team. Marlon Samuels, Yuvraj Singh, Ross Taylor and Angelo Mathews form the nucleus of what could be one of the most dangerous batting line-ups around but so far, Warriors have put up the two lowest totals of the season.Players to watch
Sreesanth was out of action for more than a year after surgery on his toes and only returned to action in December, having watched a host of young fast bowlers leapfrog him in the queue to the Indian team. The IPL provides him a high-profile platform to remind everyone he's still good enough to turn out for the national side. He's begun well enough, bowling tight spells in the opening matches, and even showed off one of his typically exuberant celebrations.Stats and trivia
- Warriors' Manish Pandey has the most number of ducks in the IPL - eight, an wanted record he shares with Amit Mishra
- Royals' Samuel Badree has the best economy-rate among all bowlers in Twenty20s, having conceded only 4.90 runs an over in his career
Quotes
"Manish Pandey and Robin Uthappa are attacking batsmen, but they seem to have gone into a shell during the Powerplay overs."Warriors coach Allan Donald knows the side needs to get better starts
Siddarth Ravindran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo