Franchise XI · Retired franchise
Build the all-time Pune Warriors XI
Pune Warriors has 69 player-seasons across 3 years of Indian T20 history (2011–2013). Spin their seasons, draft eleven across the club's whole history within the 125 Cr purse, and simulate sixteen matches. Can the all-time Pune Warriors XI go a perfect 16-0?
The club in the book
Pune Warriors played three seasons, 2011 to 2013, never reached the playoffs, and left behind the draft pool that best explains why star names are not a strategy. The marquee signings — Yuvraj Singh at 25 Cr in the pool's pricing — never produced a season that rates with their reputation, and the shelf's highest-rated year belongs instead to leg-spinner Rahul Sharma: 16 wickets at a suffocating economy of 5.46 in 2011, for 1.5 Cr.
The rest of the value hides in odd corners. A pre-fame Steve Smith's 2012 costs 0.9 Cr; Aaron Finch's 456-run 2013 is the batting peak at 6.0 Cr; a young Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 2013 hints at what came later. With 51 playable seasons, this is a genuinely hard draft — the Warriors are the pool's cautionary tale, and building a respectable XI from it is its own badge of honour.
Player-seasons to know
Rahul Sharma · PWI 2011
16 wickets at eco 5.46 · 1.5 Cr — The shelf's top season — quiet, miserly, cheap
Aaron Finch · PWI 2013
456 runs at SR 136 · 6.0 Cr — The batting peak of the franchise
Steve Smith · PWI 2012
362 runs at SR 136 · 0.9 Cr — A future all-format great for under a crore
Yuvraj Singh · PWI 2011
343 runs at SR 131 · 25.0 Cr — The marquee price without the marquee return
Top all-time Pune Warriors runs
Pos
Player
Result
Strength
Purse
01
Hemanth Varma
4–12
Strength67.5
Purse₹ 72.21 CR
02
Sultan_1327
3–13
Strength60.5
Purse₹ 83.13 CR
FAQ
How many Pune Warriors player-seasons are draftable?
51 playable player-seasons across three years, 2011 to 2013. The club never reached the playoffs, and its thin pool makes it one of the hardest all-time drafts in the game.
What is the best Pune Warriors season in the game?
Rahul Sharma's 2011 — 16 wickets at an economy of 5.46 for 1.5 Cr. It out-rates every star signing on the shelf, including Yuvraj Singh's 25 Cr marquee season, which is the whole Pune Warriors story in one comparison.
Why draft the Warriors at all?
Because it is the game's honesty test. With 51 options and no famous ceiling, every pick has to be earned on the numbers — cheap Smith, peak Finch, miserly Rahul Sharma. A winning record with this pool says more than one with a loaded club.