Posts Tagged ‘Rajasthan Royals’

23 Mar 2010: Quote of the day: 23/03/2010

“Dimitri Mascarenhas’ Achilles injury has been described as ‘a little worse than originally feared’. The Hampshire captain hurt his Achilles while playing for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League last week, and team captain Shane Warne announced the all-rounder would have to leave the tournament” – another IPL injury strikes a potential England player. Mascarenhas had been included on the long-list for the ICC World Twenty20, due to be halved on March 30.

10 Feb 2010: Quote of the day: 10/02/2010

“The pioneer years of Twenty20 are over. For the counties it is time to start swimming or sink like a stone. The IPL teams’ revenues are hindered by one obvious problem – they only play for a tiny fraction of the year. All of the franchises will, naturally, be looking to expand to become year-round operations. That is the natural course of remorseless profit-logic, and the biggest single force for change in cricket at the moment” – The Guardian’s Andy Bull on the implications of the Rajasthan Royals’ incursion into the home counties.