"Its obviously something he feels very strongly about – to give up the job he wanted very, very badly." said Shaun Udalthe Middlesex captain.
"There’s not much time before the tour of the West Indies – I don’t know how they will get out of this mess and sort everything out."
"Every year is important in Test cricket but this is a huge year and to have such turmoil in a way going on a couple of weeks away from going to the West Indies is far from ideal."
"They need to find another captain. They’ve lost Michael Vaughan, then Paul Collingwood gave up the job – now Kevin. It’s a bit of a poisoned chalice."
"He has only been in the job a short period of time. The lads showed they had respect for him by going back to India, but he is still very inexperienced in terms of captaincy."
"Three captains have gone through the ranks recently – I’m not saying its all Peter Moores’ fault but there seems to be a trend of going through captains very quickly."
"Why has Kevin Pietersen made this huge decision having only had the job for three months?"