Dileep Premachandran

A diabolical capitulation

Capitulations are rarely honourable affairs, but even by Indian standards this was particularly lily-livered and shameful

22-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mumbai

Chance to rewrite history

At times this afternoon, it was hard to fathom which team was 1-0 down in the series and going for parity

21-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mumbai

Serious problems to ponder

This was a grim reminder of the days when a capable pace attack would arrive at the Wankhede and make India's much-vaunted batting line-up appear second-rate

20-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mumbai

Driving with two flat tyres

India's effervescent bowling display was negated by another diffident batting performance

19-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mumbai

India fail to hit the high notes

While it's still too early to judge whether Rahul Dravid's gamble to bowl first was monumental folly it can be said that things didn't exactly go as he had planned

18-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mumbai

At last, the genuine article

A match illuminated by Anil Kumble's 500th wicket and a return to something like his menacing best - match figures of 9 for 145, after the tour of Pakistan where nine scalps cost him 70 runs each - may also be recalled in years to come for the reemergence

13-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mohali

More impressed with India's fast-bowling pool

Unchanged squad for Mumbai

13-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mohali

Turning to the talisman

Abetted by the bounce that makes him such a fearsome proposition in the final stages of a Test, Kumble was back in his element. Not surprisingly, with their talisman to the fore, so were India

12-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mohali

A man apart

Even in this brave new world of Indian cricket, Anil Kumble remains a man apart

11-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mohali

Where now for VVS?

There is more than a touch of piquancy in the fact that the final day of this Mohali Test will mark the fifth anniversary of VVS Laxman's amble to the Eden Gardens wicket, and perhaps the greatest Test innings of the modern age

10-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran

Munaf embraces the hopes of a nation

'It's better to burn out than to fade away' might sound profound when you're listening to Neil Young, but it's the last thing you want from young cricketers with genuine potential

09-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran

Under-strength England expose Indian weakness

This was a Test match dominated by an under-strength English side

05-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Nagpur

Munaf breaks through, Yuvraj returns

Munaf Patel and Yuvraj Singh have been included while Suresh Raina and VRV Singh find themselves out of the team for the second Test against England, starting on Thursday

05-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Nagpur

"Dropped catches don't help" - Kaif

While more or less admitting that an Indian win was unlikely, Mohammad Kaif was quietly confident that India could save the match

04-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

Succumbing to swing

Dileep Premachandran considers how Matthew Hoggard's swing did for India's batsmen on the third day at Nagpur

03-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

A case for specialists

It wasn't the most fluent innings that Wasim Jaffer's ever played but this unbeaten 73, with the prospect of many more, will mean the world to a man who has spent some of his best years on the fringes

02-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

Two tales from Nagpur

Dileep Premachandran looks back at the day one comparing it with another opening day at the same venue, two years back against Australia.

01-Mar-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

Fresh-faced future

The exodus of big-name players, including Chappell, nearly crippled Australian cricket in the early '80s, and he has often spoken of the need to avoid something of that nature happening to this Indian team

28-Feb-2006•Dileep Premachandran

England's cupful of woes

Sixteen months ago, the cosy little pavilion enclosure at Nagpur was the scene of considerable jubilation as Australia ended an Indian jinx that had lasted 35 years. A week ago, England would have looked to the venue of the first Test and anticipated endi

28-Feb-2006•Dileep Premachandran

A new spin on things

The confidence that Piyush Chawla exudes reveals why India's selectors and team management have taken such an outrageous punt on a youngster who was starring for the Under-19s in the World Cup final just eight days ago

27-Feb-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Nagpur

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