Ashish Nehra on Sunday said the controversy surrounding Sourav Ganguly's place in the Pune Warriors' team had no effect on the performance of the players and added that the skipper was "rested" in the team's previous match against RCB.

Defending only 120 runs, Mumbai Indians bowlers gave little room to Pune Warriors who lost by a run despite Mithun Manhas' 42 off 34.

Chris Gayle is confident that his team's six-wicket win over Pune Warriors India will give the Royal Challengers Bangalore the much-needed push in the tournament.

Pune Warriors pacer Ashish Nehra has blamed it on the fielding lapses and not playing the full quota of 20 overs for his team's seven-wicket loss to Kings XI Punjab in their IPL match here at the PCA stadium.

Pune Warriors recovered from a shaky start to score their second consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League as they defeated Kings XI Punjab by 22 runs here on Sunday.

They have been out of favour for quite some time as far as selection in the national team is concerned but Harbhajan Singh's reason is entirely different from Ashish Nehra's.

After former India captain Sourav Ganguly termed Greg Chappell a "mad" man, pacer Ashish Nehra on Tuesday said that he too "never had a great experience" playing under the Australian.

Ashish Nehra is baffled and 'deeply hurt' after selectors chose to ignore the left-arm seamer for the first two ODIs against England.

Ashish Nehra is baffled and "deeply hurt" after selectors chose to ignore the left-arm seamer for the first two ODIs against England next month.

Left-arm pacer Ashish Nehra has submitted his fitness certificate to the BCCI and has made himself available for selection for the upcoming one-off Twenty20 and five-match ODI series against England starting from August 31.