Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Two worrisome trends return for India in Mirpur

Oppositions have been able to push back from positions of struggle while batting and India's top four are not as prolific as they used to be

24-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Is Rishabh Pant the GWOAT?

Longevity will determine where he sits vis a vis Gilchrist and the rest, but there's no doubt he's already in the debate

23-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Pant 93, Iyer 87 help India wrest back control

Taijul and Shakib took four wickets each for Bangladesh, who lost their grip on the game after reducing India to 94 for 4

23-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Unadkat, Umesh and Ashwin rally to make up for Kuldeep's "unbelievable" absence

A fast bowler returning after 12 years, another with an astonishing strike rate, and a first-day superstar combine to give India the advantage

22-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Pace, loop and dip: the other side of Axar Patel

Renowned more for his lack of turn, he produced three wickets with ones that went away on a slow, unhelpful track

17-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Shubman Gill shows his worth as a modern, classic Test batter

Delayed Test hundred only asserts cricket's unhealthy obsession with numbers but Gill is here to stay

16-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Kuldeep Yadav, drifting and dipping his way into the reckoning

His success in Chattogram was not so much because of the change in pace as it was the vigour in his action

15-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Siraj and his favourite toy: the wobble-seam delivery

Fast bowler lost his inswinger in 2018 and relies on this variation to test both edges of the bat

15-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

The odd couple: Pujara and Pant resume cricket's most fascinating, and infuriating, partnership

Their individual styles of batting couldn't be more different, and yet, they somehow complement each other perfectly

14-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Kishan: I was in the zone to get 300, but unfortunately I didn't

India batter on how he keeps himself motivated when the chances are not coming his way

10-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Ishan Kishan drags India's top-order batting into the 2020s

He obliterated the record for the fastest double-hundred, but the bigger story lay in his unfettered approach

10-Dec-2022•Sidharth Monga

Selecting the selectors: a key job in Indian cricket, but who'd want to take it up?

Hard, unglamorous work, lack of popularity, and lots of blame when things go wrong - no wonder it's the last choice of most eligible candidates

26-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

India's contenders for the 2023 ODI World Cup

With many candidates for the final fifteen, the challenge for the hosts is to get their combinations right between now and the tournament

24-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

England's approach might lead other teams into the T20 era

How dynamic yet pragmatic methods have built a legacy and delivered results

13-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

Rationality meets irrationality in clash of limited-overs cultures

Two skilled and thoroughly prepared teams will meet in the World Cup final. What happens next is up to qudrat ka nizam

12-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

Tacky pitch and old habits haunt India in semi-final flop show

Where did India go wrong in testing conditions in Adelaide? And can they completely change their approach with the same set of batters?

10-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

Dravid: Difficult to let Indian players play overseas T20 leagues

The India coach was asked whether the lack of BBL experience was a factor in India losing the semi-final to England

10-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

In Australia, the weather is not quite fine, and the fines bite

Rain has its say during our correspondent's time down under, during which he marvels at the penalties on offer for various infractions

10-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

England, India, and the problem with spotlighting 'big matches'

Both have been high-quality teams in limited-overs cricket in recent years, but have few title wins to show for it - and that, by popular opinion, is an issue

09-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

Hardik Pandya: unflustered, indifferent, and the gold standard for an allrounder

He can play as a batter or as a bowler alone and is not afraid of failure: in short, he does what no other T20 cricketer does

09-Nov-2022•Sidharth Monga

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