Quotes from IPL!

Several people involved in IPL has come out with key information about themselves, their teams, or about other things that are happening in the cricketing world. The information comes out from players, coaches, managers, spokes person, organizers, spectators, etc. Enjoy reading them!

Duminy, Player, Mumbai Indians: Facing Lee will be a difficult proposition.

B McCullum, Captain, Kolkata Knight Riders: We get our batting going well and our bowling and fielding let us down. We get out bowling right and our batting lets us down.

Jay Rennings, Coach, Royal Challengers: If everybody can have an attitude like Anil Kumble, then this world will be a better place.

Irfan Pathan, on brother Yusuf Pathan: I won't let Yusuf do well against us.

Yogaraj Singh, Father of Yuvaraj, Captain KXI: Bishen is keen on working on Yuvaraj's bowling. I and Bishen had a chat and once Yuvi returns, we will see how to proceed. I firmly believe if the release of the ball is from 6 feet above, Yuvaraj can become a lethal bowler.

Anil Kumble, Captain, RC: We certainly have got better from the last game adn agaisnt Kings XI the intensity was brilliant. It showed in our batting and bowling. We are improving in every game and we hope the winning streak continues.

Gayle, KKR Batsman: One Win can change the tournament for us.

McCullum, Captain of KKR: If we don't make the semifinals then I am more than happy to step aside. To me it's about accountability as a captain.

Karan Goel, KXI Player: Iam expecting to learn a lot. Playing with and against experienced palyers who have played in Test and international matches will boost my confidence.

In a Blog: Players luv the blog. Yesterday, after the match each and every player read it, including yours truly :-). Apparently, players of all teams are reading it. Appam ***tiya's name is now cast in stone as his own players are also calling him that. (from Times of India paper)

Johan Botha, South African Player: There were two or three IPL teams interested in my services, buy they could not offer me a contract because of this issue--faulty action.

Jacques Kallis, RC Player: The guys have learnt a lot from last year. We have got a structure in place. Now the guys know their roles and what they are going to do. It's half the battle won in knowing our roles.

Lalit Modi, IPL Commissioner: Some players feel one way and others feel the other--about strategy breaks. We will evolve over the time. Some players want two-minute breaks like in America. We are going to test it out and see.

Sharukh Khan, KKR Owner: I don't fight with girls. I am too old for that, but my son can. I can only love, hug and kiss them.

Ray Jennings, RC Coach: Robin is keen to keep wickets and we have been working on it. It's a message to Dhoni to be careful because Robin is going to take his position in the Indian side.

Duminy, MI Batsman: Rankings, ratings and statistics are nice to know but they should never really affect a professional sportsman. I am humbled by the accolades, but I still have a lot to learn.

M Muralitharan, CSK Bowler: I am happy with my performance. But Haydos deserved the man of the match award, his 65 set up the total and put pressure on the opposition.

Pietersen, RC Captain: When a genius batted like that you cannot do much. Hayden's innings set up the match for them. (On the match against CSK which RC lost it)

B McCullum, KKR Captain: It was tough for everyone except Chris Gayle. When he hits the ball as well as he did today, no ground is big enough for him. (About Gayle)

Yuvaraj, KXI Captain: Duckworth-Lewis gives the team batting second the advantage in these situations.