All the hits
The most-read articles on ESPNcricinfo and the Cricket Monthly in 2021
31-Dec-2021
Predictably enough, Virat Kohli features in our most-read stories of the year • Associated Press
We totted up the numbers for the best-performing articles on ESPNcricinfo and the Cricket Monthly over 2021 and here are the top tens. (Match and series previews and reports are not included in these lists.)
News
Shaheen Shah Afridi produced some of the best spells of the year - and inspired some of the best writing•Getty Images
Features
1. Avesh Khan wants to be a bowler who can produce what his captain wants
By Nagraj Gollapudi
By Nagraj Gollapudi
2. The only T20 World Cup preview you need to read
By Andrew Fidel Fernando
By Andrew Fidel Fernando
3. Which team has won the most matches in men's T20 World Cups?
By Gaurav Sundararaman and Sreshth Shah
By Gaurav Sundararaman and Sreshth Shah
5. Are you a T20 opener facing Shaheen Afridi? Be afraid, be very afraid
By Osman Samiuddin
By Osman Samiuddin
6. Lessons from the IPL - how will the UAE pitches play out at the T20 World Cup?
By Gaurav Sundararaman
By Gaurav Sundararaman
7. ECB's hypocrisy and double-standards could fast lose them friends
By George Dobell
By George Dobell
9. Who is Venkatesh Iyer, KKR's latest debutant?
By Shashank Kishore
By Shashank Kishore
10. Calling it like Kohli: When India needed their captain to stand up, he stood tall
By Sidharth Monga
By Sidharth Monga
R Ashwin took no prisoners in his interview with the Cricket Monthly•AFP via Getty Images
The Cricket Monthly
3. How did India build their world-beating bench strength? They have a system
By Sidharth Monga
By Sidharth Monga
4. Ten ways T20 has changed since the last World Cup
By Sidharth Monga, Shiva Jayaraman and Girish TS
By Sidharth Monga, Shiva Jayaraman and Girish TS
6. Hardik Pandya: 'When I am on the ground, I believe nothing's impossible. I don't feel fear'
By Nagraj Gollapudi
By Nagraj Gollapudi
7. India. Australia. Chennai. 2001
By Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
By Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
8. Remember the game: the last six balls of the 2016 T20 World Cup relived
By Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
By Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
9. This is us: New Zealand's climb to the top
By Andrew Fidel Fernando
By Andrew Fidel Fernando
10. Rashid Khan: 'You can get form back, but once you lose respect, it's hard to get that back'
By Nagraj Gollapudi
By Nagraj Gollapudi
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