- "Quirky new features which have been mooted even before a ball has been bowled include the much talked about multiple-captain theory, two-sided bats and 10-minute strategy breaks. Like the Twenty20 concept itself, each innovation has its fans and its vociferous critics. The old guard may eventually give away, but not without resistance. "
Full article: Khan expects Knight Riders to have more drive
- "Internationally, I think the players will be more available, so we have the whole team to begin with," he told a media conference at a five-star hotel soon after arriving in this south-west city.
- "We are working on amazing plans, including the captaincy issue, which has been a controversy over the past month. I think overall we are very well prepared. Unfortunately, we do have injuries but we'll be there, one hundred percent trying to do much better than last year."
- English stars are competing in the Twenty20 league for the first time, but none will represent the Knight Riders, due in no small part to high price tags. "We have gold and black as a uniform, but the gold is not real," joked Khan. "We are a poor team and English players are very, very expensive. "We would really like to have had them, but the auction rules and it's down to how much money you have."
- "It is a move that is driven completely and totally by commercial objectives," a senior production official told Cricinfo. "It is designed purely to make even more money by selling airtime. Nobody could argue that this adds any cricketing value to the tournament or that it can be in the viewers' interest, either in the stadium or watching at home," the official said.
- "It means taking about 40 seconds of advertising between every over and close to a minute at the fall of every wicket. It's OK in theory but it hardly ever works like that. If a team only loses two or three wickets, or the match finishes in 15 overs, we are in trouble," the same production official said.
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