Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Bangladesh stuck in 'what-if' phase

It will remain a shame that, despite Alok Kapali's heroics, all Bangladesh managed to do was add Karachi to their list of "what ifs"

28-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Manpreet Gony gets going

The Plays of the day of the first match of the Super stage of the Asia Cup between Bangladesh and India

28-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Raina rekindles the early promise

There has been a sense of unfulfilled promise about Suresh Raina for more than two years now, and his last two innings are perhaps signs of a coming of age

26-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Younis reverses ... Sehwag does better

The plays of the day from the India-Pakistan game in Karachi

26-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Amateurs find the going rough

Although a century against Hong Kong doesn't mean a lot, repeating something is always easier than doing it for the first time

25-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Aiming for the roof

Sidharth Monga presents the Plays of the day from the match between Hong Kong and India at the National Stadium

25-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Why Shoaib Malik shouldn't open

Sidharth Monga rewinds the Plays of the Day from the match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Karachi

24-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Kirsten seeks rotation policy for injury-prone India

The season has barely begun for India and the coach, Gary Kirsten, has already sounded out the need for a rotation system for the injury-prone fast bowlers

24-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Much at stake in ill-timed Asia Cup

There could not have been a worse time - literally and figuratively - to play the ninth edition of the Asia Cup, a concept that is much abused, not always without merit

23-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in Karachi

Kapil the brightest in starry '83 reunion

Sidharth Monga takes in an emotional and fun night commemorating 25 years of India's World Cup win

22-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga in New Delhi

Bouncers, hookers, clones

Deadly blows, unplayable yorkers, and a perfect 10. Here's our round-up of the.on-field highlights from May

02-Jun-2008•Sidharth Monga

From obscurity to stardom

We profile some of the total unknowns going into the IPL

11-May-2008•Sidharth Monga

Screamers, snorters, scars

April 2008 will forever be remembered for the dawn of the IPL, but there's plenty of action from elsewhere in our round-up of the month's on-field highlights

02-May-2008•Sidharth Monga

One-all at home would disappoint us: Smith

It must have been disappointing to lose at the brink of a major upset, but Graeme Smith said 1-1 was a result India will be more disappointed with

13-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Bowlers made my job easier - Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni felt the Indians got a better measure of a difficult pitch at Green Park

13-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

One hour that made the difference

After matching India blow for blow on the most alien of surfaces and conditions for two days, South Africa slipped up - decisively - in the first hour of the third day

13-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Corridor of uncertainty

The Plays of the Day for the third day of the third Test in Kanpur

13-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

'Play the ball, not the pitch'

It is fitting that Graham Thorpe is part of the TV commentary team covering the Kanpur Test: he was always a tough nut to crack, even on a difficult pitch

12-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Better than expected, but hardly ideal - Arthur

Although Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, reiterated the track didn't turn out to be as bad as he expected, and that it wasn't an ideal one for Tests

12-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

'This is definitely one of my top Test knocks' - Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly's 87 on a Kanpur minefield can safely join the company of some other exceptional knocks, and the man himself rates it as one of his best efforts

12-Apr-2008•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

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