Damien Fleming has seen tomorrow: "It [the IPL] is the future of cricket and cannot be kept away in the near future."

Enock Munchinjo in the Zimbabwe Independent: Here in South Africa, where the Indian Premier League is currently in full swing, the response has been tremendous. Tickets have run out like hot bread, and the atmosphere inside the grounds we have been to across the country has been like nothing ever seen in cricket. The idiom "It's just not cricket" has found a new meaning. We've seen cricket's own versions of the Emirates, Anfield and Nou Camp as vociferous crowds cheer every run, every boundary and every wicket.

Adam Gilchrist tells us why Twenty20 (and therefore, by extension, the IPL) is a good thing: "It is a skillful game. Twenty20 is not Mickey Mouse cricket. It requires quick thinking and one bad decision can turn the match. So, the challenge is to come up with new things and innovative ideas on the field. Twenty20 is like a game of poker - whoever blinks first loses."

Arun Lal is in no two minds about where the IPL stands: "It's the best Twenty20 cricket you can see"

Chris Gayle, who literally had to be wrenched away to England to play in the Test series there: "May this tournament go on forever."

Ian Pont, the former Essex bowler and coach sees something in the tournament cynical eyes have missed: "When you strip away the glamorous tinsel, you see something unique and endearing. Something that English cricket misses and something that some of the green-eyed money men in county cricket fail to spot."

Kevin Pietersen certainly can't be accused of being stingy with his superlatives. Before he left for England he gushed: "It's the best academy in the world. For the young guys to play with experienced internationals ... no coach can teach these young guys anything compared to what they learn in the six to eight weeks that they are around these guys and all these excellent coaches."

Harbhajan Singh sounds suspiciously like a poorly written press handout in a newspaper column: "The cricketainment of IPL season 2 has been creating a huge buzz for the last ten days and the mercury is rising every passing day."

Vikas Swarup, India's deputy high commissioner to South Africa, and the author of the book that was turned into Slumdog Millionaire, gets in on the act: "Just as Who Wants to be a Millionaire changed the ground rules for quiz shows by injecting a massive dose of money into the equation, IPL has changed the dynamics of the cricket economy."

Mandira Bedi explains how its a win-win situation for everyone: "I have to say this to all you guys in India that while being in the stadium gives you atmosphere, watching it in TV brings you the expressions, emotion and intensity. So while you're missing the live experience, you are not missing the drama."