Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The salient features of the agreement between Sahara India and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) struck here Thursday:

* Sahara will continue to sponsor the Indian cricket team.

* Pune Warriors will feature in the 2012 Indian Premier League.

* IPL trading window to close on Feb 29 in place of Feb 17, giving opportunity to Pune Warriors to rope in players even from the other franchisees.

* Pune Warriors' auction purse of $2 million has been re-activated, enabling it to buy big players.

* Pune Warriors will be allowed to play five foreign players in the playing eleven in the absence of star player Yuvraj Singh, who is recovering from lung tumour.

* BCCI has no issues if Pune Warriors gets itself a strategic partner to jointly run the franchise.

* BCCI to consider Sahara's request of reducing the franchise fee for 74 matches.

* BCCI to also consider Sahara's demand of paying the bank guarantee in two instalments.

* One of the IPL play-off matches to take place in new Pune Stadium, subject to consent of Royal Challengers Bangalore, the finalists last year.