Twenty20 Quotes
What everyone thinks about Twenty20?
I think it’s something they’re going to have to look into. I would support what Collingwood just said. I could have been in the same position as well. It’s something that can be addressed, so it can be ‘even Stevens’ for both teams in the future. I’m happy, but it’s just unfortunate for England. It was a good game. It was just unfortunate for England to have to lose in this manner.
— Chris Gayle supports Collingwood's views on Duckworth Lewis method in Twenty20 Cricket / May 03, 2010
There’s a major problem with this Duckworth-Lewis in this form of the game. I’ve got no problems with it in the 50-over form. But I know it’s made us very frustrated tonight. It certainly has to be revised for this form of the game.
— Paul Collingwood is not happy with the Duckworth Lewis method in Twenty20 Cricket / May 03, 2010
It's the same - It's exactly the same. For me, it's as serious as a One-day match or a Test match.
— Michael Clarke takes the Twenty20 cricket serious / April 29, 2010
I don't think that it's just a young man's game at all. You just can't go out there and smash every ball possible, you need someone in the team to actually neutralize the innings. You have seen Rahul Dravid playing so many great knocks for us, you need to use brains as well in IPL to build your innings.
— Virat Kohli saying Twenty20 cricket is not just young man's game / April 2010
There is space for both types of batsmen in this format. The conventional batsman like Jacques Kallis, who builds on from a steady start and an aggressive guy like Robin Uthappa, who can smash it around right away, can co-exist and it has done wonders for our team.
— Eoin Morgan on Twenty20 cricket / April 2010
T20 format is such that the bowlers have a big challenge to defend even 200-plus totals. The batsmen go after the bowlers and even 215 or 218 may not be enough,
— Anil Kumble on the Twenty20 format / March 19, 2010
They are recognised as a federation by us, which now means that they can take part in IOC events.
— Mark Adams on the possibility of Twenty20 cricket matches at the Olympics / February 12, 2010
T20 is a batsman's game. Just because some bowlers gave away lots of runs does not mean they are bad. It happens in T20 and scores of over 200 runs are common nowadays.
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Twenty20 format / December 11, 2009
Hopefully before the next World Cup we would get it right. We will have the third edition of the IPL before that which I think will help.
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni on preparations for the next Twenty20 world cup / December 11, 2009
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