Twenty20 World Cup Quotes
What everyone thinks about Twenty20 World Cup?
The last few months have been very hard for the people and many of us carry psychological scars of the innocent lives lost in those terrorist attacks. But for now we have something to celebrate and look forward to.
— Moin Khan on Pakistan winning the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup / June 21, 2009
Cricket has always been a big binding force in our country and the team's success in the World Cup has helped life the spirits of the people.
— Moin Khan on Pakistan winning the 2009 Twenty20 Cricket World Cup / June 21, 2009
I'm proud of the team, the attitude they have shown and the stomach for a fight. We'll return stronger from this. It was tough for bowlers to keep defending low totals; we fell 20 runs short.
— Kumar Sangakkara on losing to Pakistan in the final of 2009 Twenty20 World Cup / June 21, 2009
This triumph came at the right time and it's our gift to the people back in Pakistan. After Imran Khan no Pakistan captain had won a World Cup title and I'm happy to have achieved that.
— Younis Khan on winning the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup / June 21, 2009
We have to win this one, I want to do it on my own if I could. This is our best chance to make up for the disappointment of the past... I am grateful to the captain (Younis Khan) for backing me all the way.
— Shahid Afridi saying they desperately want to win the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup / June 20, 2009
Once I got the start, I wanted to keep going until the end. I'm in good form over the last six months, I want to keep it going
— Tillakaratne Dilshan on being the Player of the match in the semifinal of the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup against West Indies / June 19, 2009
We did not bowl badly but Dilshan took the game away with that magnificent innings. He was the only Sri Lankan among the runs. In this format, one man can change the match and he did it today
— Chris Gayle crediting Dilshan for his team's loss in the semifinal of the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup / June 19, 2009
I'm running out of superlatives, He is a pioneer stroke-maker in this Twenty20 World Cup. The best thing for us has been that over the last one and half years, he has come to understand his role in the side and has become more responsible and mature. Finally, he has come to understand how good he is.
— Kumar Sangakkara praising Tillakaratne Dilshan for his knock in the semifinal of the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup against West Indies / June 19, 2009
We have lots of supporters in England, particularly Nottingham and Birmingham. Every body knows we are slow starters, we were underdogs and it was good. suddenly, we moved to a good position. Afridi is a match winner. That's why he batted at no 3. He is a very committed cricket and it's also about team work. We were short of 15 or 20 runs but they bowled well in the end and we couldn't get boundaries. Our bowling was very good. If we keep doing it, we will win the World Cup.
— Younis Khan on beating South Africa in the semifinal of the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup / June 18, 2009
I don't think it was anything to do with that. Pakistan bowled well and defended the total. We are sad and dissappointed. I know lots of people back home will be too. We just got to keep learning and going on. Good luck to Pakistan whoever they meet. They are a quality team on their day.
— Graeme Smith at the presentation ceremony, on the pressure and chokers tag in the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup semifinal / June 18, 2009
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