Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Predictable Hazlewood the face of the banker bowler's resurgence

The Australia fast bowler has bowled about 70% of his balls in the hard lengths and from his height, those are a handful for batters

27-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Smith will do 'what's best for the team' - Cummins

Once Head returns, Smith may have to give his No.3 position to Marsh, who opened in Head's absence and play two-down

27-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

How will India fill the Hardik Pandya hole against New Zealand?

Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Mohammed Shami or R Ashwin? Who will India turn to in Dharamsala?

20-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Jadeja, the gladiator who goes to bank

When people talk only about wickets, Jadeja has instead looked at his control, and it's brought him rich dividends

19-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Paras Mhambrey relieved to have a fully fit India attack: 'It's tough to miss out on someone like Bumrah'

India bowling coach happy that the side has its best bowlers fit and firing together at the World Cup after freakish run of injuries

18-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Rohit Sharma's bold new batting template has changed his ODI game - and India's

India's captain and think tank made a strategic decision to go harder earlier and it has been paying off for them

17-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

India's bowling unit: Gods of small things

They don't consider "defensive" to be a negative but rather a big skill to have, and that brings them success

14-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Rohit Sharma: 'I don't think there is a favourite or an underdog'

The India captain had to deal with questions good, serious and leaning towards ridiculous on the eve of the Pakistan match - and he did it all with aplomb

13-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Sidharth Monga's India vs Pakistan fever dream

For every good India vs Pakistan cricket memory, there are many unpleasant ones. On Saturday, despite the world we live in, let's all be heroes, for one day

13-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

'All streaks are meant to be broken' - Babar turns down the noise about Pakistan's 0-7 run against India

Pakistan captain says playing in front of a huge crowd against a strong Indian line-up is "not pressure" but an opportunity

13-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Bumrah doesn't go searching for wickets but he keeps getting them

India's bowling spearhead says he prioritises preparation over results and that wickets are just incidental

11-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Shahidi on India's spin challenge: 'We play better spin in the nets sessions'

Afghanistan captain believes his team is "far better" at playing spin than what they showed against Bangladesh

10-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Back in fashion: fingerspin's resurgence in ODIs

In 2015, wristspinners bowled a fourth of all spin bowled in ODIs, but since 2021, the fingerspinners have made a comeback

10-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

A love letter to Feroz Shah Kotla

A ground where the past, the present and the future of Delhi come together

09-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

South Africa confident to cut loose despite untried lower-order hitters

Top order have faith in Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee to tee off as required

07-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Aiden Markram: 'There's a lot of passion in this team to give our absolute all at this World Cup'

South Africa record-breaker says "you can sleep a bit better at night knowing you stuck to your strengths", referring to his move from top-order batter to middle-order power-hitter

07-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

South Africa's rise between the World Cups of 2019 and 2023

This is a team that dominates spin bowling and may well have the best top six on the planet

07-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

New Zealand play with fire and come out unscathed

Three frontline bowlers and four part-timers against England might sound like a recipe for disaster, but New Zealand rolled the dice and won big

05-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Attack with the new ball, don't lose momentum in the middle: where the 2023 World Cup could be won

No clear favourites and the vast range of conditions in India mean the 2023 edition is deliciously set up to intrigue - but there remain some things that have brought teams success of late. Here's a rundown

04-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Spare a thought for climate change

The chartered flights to get all the captains together for the launch event was an extravagance we could probably have done without

04-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

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