Dileep Premachandran

'Consistency is what we're looking for' - Atapattu

The Sri Lankans were clearly happier at the end of a Test match that produced just over four sessions of play

06-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

Vaas is no supporting act

As long as Vaas and Murali can keep turning it on, Sri Lanka's dream of finally winning a Test on Indian soil remains rooted in reality

06-Dec-2005•The verdict by Dileep Premachandran

The fans deserve better

The real objects of ire and ridicule should be those who drew up such a mindless itinerary in the first place

05-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran

A fall from lofty heights, and Taibu's exodus

We take a look at the week that was ... England fall with a thud after their Ashes heroics even as Australia resume normal service, while Brian Lara's last innings in Australia meets a wet end ...

04-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran

We have a couple of great young prospects - Atapattu

Both Tom Moody and Marvan Atapattu appeared quietly focussed on the task ahead - how to change Sri Lanka's record of six losses and no wins in 11 matches on Indian soil

01-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

I don't worry about what the opposition is doing - Dravid

After the pinched faces in Kolkata and the tension-fraught atmosphere in Mumbai, Rahul Dravid and Greg Chappell were far more relaxed

01-Dec-2005•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

India start as favourites

Barring a truly sub-par performance from India, Sri Lanka face another depressing episode of Big Brother, with even the inimitable Murali unable to change the script

30-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran in Chennai

The fighter still remains - Watching Ganguly

Dileep Premachandran watched Sourav Ganguly's return to the ranks as India prepared for the first Test

30-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran in Chennai

'Batting second was certainly easier' - Kallis

28-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran at Mumbai

Dravid takes India home

South Africa kept sniping back at regular intervals, but with only 222 needed for victory, India were in the box seat to win the Mumbai ODI and level the five-match series 2-2

28-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran at Mumbai

Dravid opts to field in crucial tie

Rahul Dravid gambled at the toss by electing to field, citing the dew factor which would come into play in the evening session

28-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran at Mumbai

Pollock's Second Coming

India, though, has seen the return of the metronomic destroyer who was once as lethal as McGrath

25-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Driven by sentiment

The time taken to deliberate on the squad to take on Sri Lanka said much about the different pressures at work on the selection committee

23-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran

One resounding stroke

Almost two decades later, Javed Miandad, the scrapper who knew not how to throw in the towel, would confess to having almost done just that

23-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Velvet and iron

Rahul Dravid's captaincy credentials and cricketing nous were never better illustrated than on the third day of the Mumbai Test against Australia last November

22-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran

'I take it one game at a time' - Agarkar

Ajit Agarkar on the excellent form this season

21-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran

Dhoni looks forward to Test challenge

Dileep Premachandran meets up with Mahendra Singh Dhoni

21-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran in Chennai

If the sun deigns to shine ...

Undone by the slow and low pitch at Bangalore, Graeme Smith and South Africa arrived here [Chennai] intent on absorbing that lesson and teaching India a few of their own

21-Nov-2005•Preview by Dileep Premachandran

Conditions made it very tough - Smith

Graeme Smith walked into the press conference with a rueful smile, and preferred to focus on the vagaries of the pitch rather than a vapid batting display

19-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran at Bangalore

Dravid: 'I thought the boys were fantastic today'

Irfan Pathan and Rahul Dravid spoke to the press after India comprehensively beat South Africa at Bangalore

19-Nov-2005•Dileep Premachandran in Bangalore

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