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Duleep Trophy (2)

ENG vs SA (1)

Women's One-Day Cup (4)

UAE Tri-Series (1)

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Vitality Blast Men (1)

ZIM vs SL (1)

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Sidharth Monga

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

Ishant out of first Test due to illness

Ishant Sharma, recovering from the mosquito-borne viral infection chikungunya, will miss the first Test of the series against New Zealand, which begins on September 22 in Kanpur

20-Sep-2016•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Won't allow NZ spinners to dominate - Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane, the only centurion in India's last home series, has spoken of the need to bat better against the New Zealand spinners, who are a more formidable test than Simon Harmer, Imran Tahir and Dane Piedt

19-Sep-2016•Sidharth Monga in Kanpur

Kanpur set to provide classic Indian Test track - Curator

The Kanpur pitch, for the first Test between India and New Zealand, is cracked and somewhat dry, but is expected to hold up well, according to head groundsman Shiv Kumar

19-Sep-2016•Sidharth Monga

Ronchi ton gives New Zealand selection dilemma

Luke Ronchi and Martin Guptill combined to give the New Zealand team management a selection headache sooner than they would have anticipated

18-Sep-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga in Delhi

Mumbai flay NZ spinners on 402-run day

Suryakumar Yadav, Kaustubh Pawar, Siddhesh Lad, Arman Jaffer and Aditya Tare continued the tradition of Indian domestic batsmen softening up touring spinners, as New Zealanders' trio of slow bowlers went for 263 in 51 overs

17-Sep-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga in Delhi

NZ declare at 324, Latham and Williamson tune up with fifties

New Zealanders showed positive intent with the bat against a non-threatening Mumbai attack on a non-threatening track on the first day of the warm-up game in Delhi

16-Sep-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga in Delhi

Kotla pitch stymies NZ's quest to acclimatise

New Zealand's only warm-up match in a tour played during India's off-season will be played on a pitch that bears little resemblance to the raging turners that they are likely to confront during the Test matches

15-Sep-2016•The Preview by Sidharth Monga in Delhi

ICC to look into Lauderhill fiasco

The ICC will discuss the events of the second India-West Indies T20 in Lauderhill in its annual workshop for match officials next month

31-Aug-2016•Sidharth Monga

Dhoni struggles to bring method to T20's madness

A refusal to play low-percentage cricket is a major ingredient in MS Dhoni's success as an ODI finisher, but that approach is no longer fetching results in T20

30-Aug-2016•Sidharth Monga

'Technical' delay, rain, wet field: bizarre no-result

A 40-minute "technical" delay at the start of the match and a 20-minute shower later resulted in a bizarre no-result in the second T20I

28-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Richard Levi, the three-time survivor

Ashwin's legbreaks, Binny's horror over and a Dwayne Bravo special also feature in the Plays of the Day from the first T20I between India and West Indies in Florida

27-Aug-2016•Sidharth Monga

Bravo magic seals one-run win in 489-run T20I

Dwayne Bravo defended seven runs in the last over of a match that featured 479 runs otherwise to secure a one-run win

27-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

West Indies' chance to settle scores in familiar format

While these two matches are huge for the cricket economy and its globalisation - in terms of staging and not participation - the cricket carries more subtext than your usual bilateral Twenty20 internationals

26-Aug-2016•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

Farce ends as third-shortest Test ever

The farce in Port of Spain ended in bright sunshine with no play possible, just like the earlier three days

22-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Fourth day called off in first hour

All efforts to get the Queen's Park Oval ready for play were given up in the very first hour of the fourth day

21-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Another day lost to wet outfield, weather

Surreal scenes of an outfield being dug up during a Test match were not enough to dry Queen's Park Oval enough for any cricket on day three

20-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Outfield consumes two sessions, rain the last

From the moment Port of Spain woke up to 2.15pm, when any hope of a resumption of play evaporated, no rain fell at Queen's Park Oval. Yet not a single ball was bowled

19-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

West Indies lose two before rain washes out 68 overs

India's hopes of retaining the No. 1 Test ranking going into the home season suffered a setback as only 22 overs were possible on the first day in wet Port of Spain

18-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

India pursue history, consolidation of No. 1 Test ranking

Having West Indies on the mat in the series, India have a great opportunity to retain their momentary No. 1 Test ranking with a win in the fourth Test in Port of Spain

17-Aug-2016•The Preview by Sidharth Monga

Quicks seal India's incredible series win

Intentful India pushed sloppy West Indies to a 237-run defeat despite losing a day's play to rain

13-Aug-2016•The Report by Sidharth Monga

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