Pune Warriors look much stronger

Expected Batting Lineup

01-Robin Utthapa

02-Manish Pandey

03-Marlon Samuels

04-Yuvraj Singh

05-Ross Taylor

06-Angelo Mathews

07-Abhishek Nayar

08-Wayne Parnell

09-Rahul Sharma

10-Bhuvanesh Kumar

11-Ashok Dinda

Batting looks really explosive, but a more consistent opening pair would have helped. T.S.Suman could get a look in, in case they dont trust Pandey.

A much more improved Bhuvanesh(with test experience),Dinda,Parnell,Mathews makes a combo pace attack. This is well complimented by a good variation of spins options from Rahul, Yuvraj and Samuels.

They might prefer Mendis over Parnell on spinning tracks. Kane Richardson is a good backup for Parnell.

But Mathews as a captain might be a load to the team. He was not going to be a regular member of the team. His presence comes at the cost of Steve Smith.

Samuels,Mathews,Ross Taylor,Yuvraj,Utthapa,Bhuvanesh,Rahul would fit into the team anyday. Dinda,Pandey and Nayar can also feel a little secure about their places.

Bench Strength
T.S.Suman: Experienced, played for Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers
Ishwar Pandey: Leading wicket taker in Ranjhi Trophy last year.
Parvez Rasool: Promising allrounder from Kashmir, did well for India A against Australia
Mithun Manhas: Reliable batsman from Delhi
Mitchell Marsh: A decent allrounder and hard hitter
Aaron Finch: Hard hitter
Luke Wright: Decent seamer and hard hitter
Tamim Iqbal: A good aggresive opening batsman from Australia
Kane Richardson: Promising fast bowler from Australia

2013 Auction
The Move to trade Ross Taylor for Ashish Nehra +cash was too good. Ross Taylor makes the middle order invincible
Letting out Jesse Ryder was a mistake, but he is out of IPL anyways. Pune will have issues with the opening pair.
Kane Richardson, Finch were good inclusions