Ellora Warriors
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2006 – 2026
From Nashik Run in 2006 to NPL Season 8, the story of Ellora and the Warriors so far.
Ellora began supporting Nashik Run, the city’s charity run organised by the Nashik Run Charitable Trust, in 2006, and has backed it every year since. Twenty years on, Ellora was listed among the Gold Sponsors of Nashik Run 2025.
Ellora took on franchise ownership of the Nashik team in the Maharashtra Softball Premier League, with the squad playing in Ellora colours under the Ellora Nashik banner.
The Warriors announced themselves at the Golf Club Ground in January 2023. League games against Watergrace Eagle 11, Nashik Challengers and Atharva Royals brought a Man of the Match award and a place in the semi-final against Leo Kings on 30 January.
Fans in Ellora colours filled the stands, and the club thanked Nashik with a simple message: #OneFamily.
The Warriors returned to the Nashik Premier League for a second season. They also played the Nasik Cricket Academy’s Hundred League, building a squad at the player auction at The Kensington Club, Nashik, on 15 May 2024. In the 100-ball format they faced Pro Jumbo and SSK, then beat Ascon Gladiators by 60 runs, powered by knocks of 52 (29), 50 (23) and 29 (22).
A third straight Nashik Premier League season for the Warriors. Off the field, Ellora Group backed the Ranji Trophy at Nashik’s Golf Club Ground: Maharashtra vs Baroda in 2024-25, with MCA President Rohit Pawar as chief guest, and Maharashtra vs Saurashtra from 1 to 4 November 2025 as official sponsor. Ellora was also a Gold Sponsor of Nashik Run 2025.
A fourth NPL season. Team owners Sanjay Nandan and Mayur Nandan bid at the Season 8 auction at Express Inn, Nashik. The squad met for its first official team meeting at the Ellora office, then played five league matches at the Golf Club between 6 and 11 February. Every match was streamed live on the Warriors’ YouTube channel, with scores on CricHeroes.