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— Brian Lara whether he wants to play IPL / March 11, 2010
We had Manpreet Gony, Murali Vijay and Subramaniam Badrinath coming into the side... And Suresh Raina is becoming a great player. We are contributing a lot towards Indian cricket. Overall, we are trying to groom the Indian cricketers for the betterment of the game in India, — Mahendra Singh Dhoni saying IPL is a good platform to groom Indians / March 09, 2010
Let us not forget this is the Indian Premier League and it is only natural that more Indians should play. The format presents an excellent opportunity to groom young Indians especially when they get to play with experienced foreign players. Also we have a large talent pool to tap, — Mahendra Singh Dhoni saying IPL is a good platform to groom Indians / March 09, 2010
I have no problems with people playing in the IPL. The guys who went last time felt they learned something from it and next year the World Twenty20 follows immediately afterwards, — Andrew Strauss on his teammates playing in IPL / November 27, 2009
I can see the day when IPL becomes a world format and we'll have New York playing Bombay playing Beijing playing Sydney playing London, — Greg Chappell on the increasing popularity of IPL / November 20, 2009
No matter how big an Aussie player in IPL team is, he should removed and told that it is impossible to keep him in the team till the blood of innocent Indians is shed on his country's soil
— Bal Thackeray demanding australian players to be removed from their IPL teams till the attacks on Indians stop in Australia / June 02, 2009
There was obviously a great incentive for those guys to go and play with the amount of money they went for and I guess they were always coming back from the IPL early for the Test matches. But for me it was pretty simple: it was about how long our summer was and how much cricket we played. It was a good opportunity for me to have a couple of weeks off cricket and make sure that when I got here for the start of this tournament I was in the best physical and mental shape I could be — Ricky Ponting saying he is better off having missed IPL / May 30, 2009
Of course I am not the happiest person right now. This time, a lot of things went against us. The rains and then five of our players were missing from action. All injured. We could have made it to the semis but because of the rains, we lost out on the run rate and Deccan Chargers went through. We played well, but luck was not with us — Preity Zinta on Kings XI Punjab not making it to the semifinals at IPL 2009 / May 29, 2009
IPL has become huge and I am looking forward to play in India. I want to play a bigger role for Chennai next year, hopefully play the entire tournament. I think I could have done better this year but I am looking forward to next year — Andrew Flintoff hoping he will play a bigger role in IPL next year / May 27, 2009
Gilchrist is one of the best captains I have seen. He leads from the front. He is strong enough to take sensible and aggressive decisions in pressure situations and his backing of the younger players was very impressive. — Shahid Afridi credit Adam Gilchrist for winning the 2009 IPL / May 26, 2009
