Being rahul...

David Gower feels Yuvraj Singh is actually batting better than Lara at the moment.

That Rahul Dravid is doing well as a batsman after becoming the captain is no surprise. But Rajneesh Gupta reveals that "Dravid’s average of 45.59 is now the highest for any player, who has captained his country in 10 matches or more".

Hard decisions must be taken. Sometimes good men must be omitted, writes Peter Roebuck in the Hindu while Rajan Bala, in the Deccan Chronicle, sympathises with Andrew Flintoff.

England leave backwaters but still face a swamping, writes Lawrence Booth in the Guardian. 'England's limited-over side may have been shot down in flames, but they know all that counts is the Ashes', feels Angus Fraser.

Paul Collingwood talks about the tough conditions at Cochin.

We weighed ourselves about six times through the day - when we arrived at the ground, after batting, bowling and after lunch - so we could monitor how much fluid we'd lost.