“Hoping to make a comeback on the cricket field, former Test cricketer Vinod Kambli may be seen in action with his old friend and teammate Sachin Tendulkar in the cash-awash Indian Premier League,” reported the Indian Express. The daily quoted Vinod Kambli as saying, “I am going to be associated with the Indian Premier League soon and hope to walk into the field with Sachin again."
“We need to pick ourselves up and do the basics right if we are to keep our chances alive. … I believe it will go down to the wire. If we want to see ourselves up there, we need to get consistent in every aspect. It was a heart-breaking experience in Bangalore. … Talent is necessary but what counts more is the will to deliver. Bad days will be there but how you wake up to it determines how far one will go. The time has come for us to stand up as a unit, not just rely on a few individuals to deliver. If that happens, we can still be a team to look forward to in the last phase of the group league,” KKR captain Sourav Ganguly wrote in the Hindustan Times.
“We were also aware that Royals had never lost a game in Jaipur and their batting would come hard at us. Our plan was to keep the momentum going and we somehow managed to take the required run rate to above 10. … Our key this year was to remain in the moment and stick to the basics. We had a quality side but it was just that in the last two editions we were not hitting the nail at the right time. … .Reaching the semifinals is not the final destination and the road to be travelled is still long,” wrote Harbhajan Singh in The Times of India.
“As a player, a must-win situation is something to look forward to. A performance in such a game is worth its weight in gold, and separates the champions from the rest. On either side, there are a couple of guys who have been quiet so far. Matthew Hayden has had a quiet tournament while Brendon McCullum has not played a blinder as yet. Both teams find themselves in a precipitous situation because they have been up and down right through the tournament,” wrote Steve Waugh in The Times of India on the eve of Chennai Super Kings’ match against Kolkata Knight Riders.
“We are treating tomorrow’s match as a final in the tournament. We have to win every game to ensure our progress to the semi-final. We are not unduly worried about the net run-rate but we want to concentrate on our winning all the remaining matches to earn the spot,” Albie Morkel was quoted as saying by The Telegraph. “We need to restrict both Gayle and Brendon McCullum. Their bowling is not as strong as their batting. But, of course, they have Shane Bond and Ajantha Mendis in their ranks. If Super Kings and Knight Riders happen to go to the final, both have a chance of winning the title,” he added.
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