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Dileep Premachandran

Premachandran: India Probables Must Follow Kohli's Fitness Mantra

Other countries like West Indies and Pakistan set higher yo-yo test benchmarks for their players. That even the 16.1 score wasn’t met by the likes of Mohammed Shami, Sanju Samson and Ambati Rayudu says far more about those individuals than it does about the team management. The limited-overs forms, for all the recent dominance of spin bowling, have become primarily about power and athleticism, two areas where India have usually lagged behind. ...
Dileep Premachandran-June 18, 2018,4:40 pm IST Cricketnext
FIFA World Cup 2018: Mexico and Switzerland Have Thrown Competition Wide Open

June 17 was meant to be the World Cup’s first Super Sunday, featuring both Brazil and Germany, with nine World Cup wins between them. But Switzerland, ranked 6th in the latest FIFA rankings, and Mexico, winners of the Olympic tournament in 2012, were in no mood to follow the expected script. ...
Dileep Premachandran-June 18, 2018,9:53 am IST Sports
FIFA World Cup 2018: Five Highlights From the Thriller Between Spain & Portugal

Spain’s 3-3 draw with Portugal was one of the most thrilling World Cup games ever, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick – sealed with a magnificent free-kick – giving Portugal a deserved share of the points. We look at five of the things we learned from the thrill-a-minute encounter....
Dileep Premachandran-June 16, 2018,12:40 pm IST Sports
Dileep Premachandran: Chance For Afghanistan to Learn From Mistakes

It isn’t just the path they’ve taken to Test status that makes Afghan cricket an anomaly. Most emerging nations could boast of one or two quality batsmen when they came on the scene. It was the bowling that invariably let them down. Ironically, given the reputation as no country for pace bowlers, it was India that bucked that trend when they played their first Test in England in 1932...
Dileep Premachandran-June 15, 2018,5:56 pm IST Cricketnext
Virat Kohli Looks Comfortable During Yo-Yo Test at NCA; MS Dhoni Joins Skipper

Hardik Pandya and R Ashwin were batting in front of sparsely filled stands at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, but a lot of the attention was on what was taking place in a secluded corner of the stadium complex. On the National Cricket Academy premises, in the nets where teams usually prepare for games, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and others were taking the yo-yo test, which is now one of the guidelines for selection in any India squad. ...
Dileep Premachandran-June 15, 2018,11:03 am IST Cricketnext
Premachandran: Afghanistan Roll With the Punches & Come Out Head Held High on 1st Day in Test Cricket

The Afghan mindset, epitomised by the rotund figure of Mohammad Shahzad, has been a revelation in the limited-overs arena, where their refusal to be intimidated by any opposition has played such a big part in them becoming the pick of the emerging nations. So much of the pre-match talk was of how they expected to take that attitude into the Test arena and thrive in similar vein....
Dileep Premachandran-June 14, 2018,7:26 pm IST Cricketnext
Focus On Spinners as Stanikzai's Men Take on Rahane & Co in Historic Test at Bengaluru

India have a couple of selection conundrums to sort out before they step on to the park. The pitch, which has been prepared under cloudy skies and with plenty of rain in the air, has a fair smattering of grass, but also comes with a reputation for assisting the slow bowlers....
Dileep Premachandran-June 13, 2018,5:41 pm IST Cricketnext
Premachandran: Flamboyant Pietersen Delivers On the Mic at Pataudi Lecture

If there had been more players like Pietersen, Test cricket’s fortunes wouldn’t have declined. As much as he loved winning, he understood that sport at its zenith is also about transmitting joy, about making people dream. “And last but most definitely not least, when you are at the crease; when you have played yourselves in; when you decide to take the attack to the bowlers, commit yourselves fully,” he told the listening Afghan players. “Not just to attack. But to entertain.” ...
Dileep Premachandran-June 13, 2018,12:42 pm IST Cricketnext
Premachandran: Dinesh Karthik Reaping Rewards of Perseverance

When Dinesh Karthik made his first statement as an international cricketer, in September 2004, Thefacebook.com was a social-networking platform known only to some college students in the United States of America. Twitter lay in the future. He turned 33 earlier this month and, on Thursday, will win just his 24th Test cap....
Dileep Premachandran-June 12, 2018,7:10 pm IST Cricketnext
Dileep Premachandran: Afghanistan’s Astonishing Rise is Due to Their Self-belief

Part of the reason for Afghanistan’s astonishing rise up the cricket ladder – all the way from World Cricket League Division Five in Jersey to Test status in a decade – has been their self-belief, and that refusal to be overawed by any opponent. ...
Dileep Premachandran-June 11, 2018,3:20 pm IST Cricketnext
Dileep Premachandran: Smaller World Cup No Guarantee For Competitive Cricket

The passage of time is supposed to give us both distance and perspective. But in the case of 1992, all it seems to have done is provide a distorted image shrouded in layers of nostalgia. Yes, it was the World Cup where Jonty Rhodes channeled his inner Superman, where Wasim Akram bowled balls that arced like boomerangs, and where Martin Crowe batted with rare majesty and led with imagination....
Dileep Premachandran-June 11, 2018,10:38 am IST Cricketnext
Dileep Premachandran | No Easing Into Job For England Selector Smith

Stevens, an unobtrusive butler, was the central character in The Remains of the Day, an award-winning book and movie. Much of it is a meditation on the passage of time, loyalty, and chances not taken. It’s a theme that should resonate within English cricket this week as they look back on an emphatic series-squaring victory against Pakistan at Headingley. After the disastrous performance at Lord’s, England needed something special, and a Buttler, Jos, was one of the key protagonists as they ended a run of eight Tests without a victory....
Dileep Premachandran-June 8, 2018,12:24 pm IST Cricketnext
Dileep Premachandran: Afghanistan's Gain is Bangladesh's Loss

In eight years with Ireland, Phil Simmons established them as the leading Associate side, paving the way for the Test status they enjoy now. His brief tenure in charge of the West Indies, before the [mis]administrators struck again, saw a World Twenty20 triumph in India. And with Afghanistan, he’s laying the foundations of another success story. ...
Dileep Premachandran-June 7, 2018,11:38 am IST Cricketnext
AB de Villiers' Retirement Shows How Pressures of International Sports Affects Individuals

Just how good was AB de Villiers, the Test batsman? Here’s a clue. When needed, he could block as well as Trevor ‘Barnacle’ Bailey and Chris Tavare. On other days, he could scatter the bowling to all parts as Viv Richards once had, playing incredible strokes that left even the West Indian great open-mouthed. In his last act as an international player, he was instrumental in South Africa’s Test series wins over India and Australia, eclipsing two of the other greats of our time – Virat Kohli and Steve Smith....
Dileep Premachandran-May 24, 2018,4:49 pm IST Cricketnext
Exhibition Matches the Perfect Roadmap for Future Women's IPL

Just over a decade ago, in February 2008, the Indian men’s team played a Twenty20 international against an Australian side they had beaten en route to glory in South Africa months earlier. It was a forgettable, one-sided game, with Adam Gilchrist and Australia romping home after a dismal Indian collapse. ...
Dileep Premachandran-May 23, 2018,12:45 pm IST Cricketnext

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