Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Bowlers the focus in tour opener

The opening game of India's tour has now become almost a Test trial for both sides

12-Jul-2010•Sidharth Monga in Colombo

Net bowlers reinforce India sans Sreesanth, Harbhajan

Jaidev Unadkat and Umesh Yadav, mainly as net bowlers, to Colombo came good in an undesired way as two frontline bowlers missed India's first net session of the tour

11-Jul-2010•Sidharth Monga

Unfinished business despite the overkill

Though there has been an overkill of India-Sri Lanka contests, the Test matches, unlike the limited-over formats, have something worth preserving

11-Jul-2010•Sidharth Monga

No UDRS for Sri Lanka-India Tests

The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) will not be used during the upcoming Test series between Sri Lanka and India

09-Jul-2010•Sidharth Monga

Yuvraj recalled for Sri Lanka Tests

Yuvraj Singh has been recalled to the Indian squad for the three-Test series in Sri Lanka starting next month, after being dropped for the recently concluded Asia Cup

26-Jun-2010•Sidharth Monga

Seamers set up India's thumping title win

India's under-fire seam attack came good when it mattered, setting up MS Dhoni's side's fourth win in seven tournament finals

24-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Maharoof's five-for leads Sri Lanka's huge win

Three wickets for 19 runs stalled India's start, and then Farveez Maharoof's hat-trick destroyed the middle order's rebuild and practically finished the dress rehearsal for the final in Sri Lanka's favour

22-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Three-and-a-half hours of torture

Bangladesh's decision not to go for the win against Pakistan exposed the biggest flaw in the one-day format and goes against the spirit of the competitive sport

22-Jun-2010•Sidharth Monga

Spinners set up India's victory

Bangladesh may have moved from the cool climes of England to hot and humid Sri Lanka, but they don't seem to have left at customs the habit of wasting scintillating starts by the openers

16-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Malinga helps super Sri Lanka survive Afridi

Sri Lanka survived Shahid Afridi's finest innings and Shoaib Akhtar on comeback through some desperate fielding and lovely bowling from Lasith Malinga

15-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Raina leads India to series sweep

Suresh Raina and M Vijay made light work of Zimbabwe's second-highest total in Twenty20 internationals to give India a clean sweep of the series

13-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Spinners take India to comfortable win

India registered their first win of the tour against Zimbabwe after their spinners choked the life out of the middle of Zimbabwe's innings

12-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Dilshan century drives Sri Lanka to title

On the final day of the tri-series, the clock struck 12 and Zimbabwe's Cinderella XI ran into harsh reality and were beaten comfortably by Sri Lanka

09-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Never mind the heckling, we're cricketers

Players must smile even as they are abused, harassed and vilified. In India it's worse than elsewhere

08-Jun-2010•Sidharth Monga

A wake-up call for Yuvraj Singh

There is no way India can have thrown Yuvraj out of their World Cup plans, but if a message was to be sent it had to be sent early enough

07-Jun-2010•Sidharth Monga

Spinners, Taylor trounce Sri Lanka by eight wickets

Who'd a thunk it? Zimbabwe finished the league stage at the top of the table, winning comprehensively all their 50-over matches, and losing the one that was truncated to 26

07-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

Apathy in Africa

A lack of hunger, an unbalanced team, and some basic on-field errors have marked a lacklustre Indian campaign

06-Jun-2010•Sidharth Monga

Clinical Zimbabwe crush India and get bonus point

Just to prove that their first win over India wasn't an upset at all, Zimbabwe won even more convincingly - with a bonus point this time, making their qualification for the final a distinct possibility

03-Jun-2010•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga

India look to settle the score

For their second match, which is potentially crucial to their chances of making the final, both India and Zimbabwe will want to bring their A game

02-Jun-2010•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

Jaded rivalry banks on new faces

That both India and Sri Lanka have rested their main players for the Zimbabwe tri-series is a small mercy, as some new contests might be seen

29-May-2010•Sidharth Monga

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