Dileep Premachandran

Sydney 2004 minus the pain

For India The Oval 2007 was Sydney 2004 without the pain as India sealed a series win this time round

13-Aug-2007

The last hurdle

Will the Oval Test see India's reputation as poor finishers change?

09-Aug-2007

No more the poor travellers

Indian teams can no longer be called poor travellers as the record shows that in the new millenium India have won 16 Tests away and 14 at home

31-Jul-2007

Squashing glory

How a humble little squash ball played its part in one of the great batting efforts of our times

04-May-2007

Fuelled by team spirit

Unless things go drastically wrong, Ireland have a Super Eight date with England to look forward to in Guyana a week on Saturday

21-Mar-2007

Well begun is half the job done

The importance of openers is reflected in the fact that the top two sides have established, performing pairs

07-Mar-2007

Selection but no solution

Six ODIs from the World Cup, India have too many variables for comfort

25-Jan-2007•Dileep Premachandran

From the sublime to the ridiculous

India squandered a golden opportunity to score an elusive series win away from the subcontinent

08-Jan-2007

Sehwag does the hard yards for net gains

With his big scores too infrequent to camouflage his string of flops, Sehwag's well of goodwill is running dry

12-Dec-2006

Picking through the wreckage

Dileep Premachandran picks through the wreckage of India's 4-0 trouncing by South Africa in the one-day series and finds it very hard to pick out many positives

05-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran

AB's blast and a good-luck message

Any hopes of India turning the corner after the Twenty20 victory was quickly dispelled as South Africa drubbed them by nine wickets to seal a hopelessly one-sided series 4-0.

03-Dec-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Centurion

Fatal flaws at the death

India's bowlers have often been expensive at the slog after making excellent starts to the innings. Their bowlers neither have a good yorker or a slower ball. It is a problem that they have to solve quickly

28-Nov-2006•Dileep Premachandran

Ponting star the brightest of all

On a night when the stars in the crowd were nearly as numerous as those in the sky above, it was Ricky Ponting that shone brightest as Dileep Premachandran, in Mumbai for the ICC Awards, discovered

03-Nov-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Mumbai

India must get their ingredients right

India's recent form meant they were praying for a minor miracle to beat Australia. The result was just an affirmation of the fact that didn't play good cricket in this tournament

31-Oct-2006•Dileep Premachandran

Indian board's attempted own-goal

The BCCI's zeal to rehabilitate Azhar has a lot to do with the ICC and little to do with the man himself

25-Oct-2006•Dileep Premachandran

Will class out?

Dileep Premachandran previews the chances of Australia, India and England in the Champions Trophy

10-Oct-2006•Dileep Premachandran

No longer the poor relation

Dileep Premachandran on how the Champions Trophy should not be viewed as being an irrelevance before the World Cup

02-Oct-2006•Dileep Premachandran

Slow-starter Johnson hits his straps

Mitchell Johnson decimated India, but has flown back home to Australia as earlier planned. But we'll certainly be seeing more of him in the future.

17-Sep-2006•Dileep Premachandran in Kuala Lumpur

Sachin lights up Kinrara Oval

No matter what the venue, an anticipatory buzz accompanies Sachin Tendulkar's every walk to the middle. And even though only a few hundred turned up at the Kinrara Oval on a gloomy afternoon, there was no mistaking the eagerness with which they settled in

14-Sep-2006•Dileep Premachandran at Kuala Lumpur

Cross-border hero

Dileep Premachandran remembers Wasim Raja

24-Aug-2006•Dileep Premachandran

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