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Full name Nayan Ramlal Mongia
Born December 19, 1969, Baroda, Gujarat
Current age 38 years 150 days
Major teams India,Baroda
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
44
68
8
1442
152
24.03
3742
38.53
1
6
159
5
99
8
ODIs
140
96
33
1272
69
20.19
1846
68.90
0
2
95
8
110
44
First-class
158
241
40
7736
181
38.48
12
45
353
43
List A
213
150
45
2755
106
26.23
1
9
173
64
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
44
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
140
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
158
6
4
0
-
-
-
4.00
-
0
0
0
List A
213
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Career statistics
Test debut
India v Sri Lanka at Lucknow, Jan 18-22, 1994 scorecard
Last Test
India v Australia at Kolkata, Mar 11-15, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot, Feb 15, 1994 scorecard
Always cheerful, always smiling, Nayan Mongia's approach to the game has been refreshingly different. Friendly, modest and unassuming by nature, he has always been one of the easily approachable cricketers. But once the action starts, Mongia has always been dead serious about the game. A professional approach marks his batting and wicketkeeping. On his first tour of England in 1990 he impressed no less a personality than Alan Knott, who judged him to be a natural. After a fairly long spell as understudy to Kiran More, Mongia made it to the Indian team in the mid 90s and from then on was been India's No. 1. An efficent wicketkeeper, Mongia is equally at home keeping to Srinath or Kumble. He has displayed lightning quick reflexes while diving to complete a catch or while bringing off a smart stumping. As a batsman, Mongia has proved time and again his immense value to the side in the middle order. But he has had success while opening the innings too, a fact symbolised by his gallant 152 against Australia at New Delhi in 1996. But he will probably be remembered more for off-the-field controversies. He was been dropped from the India team for apparently not trying to win a match, suspended after showing dissent at an umpiring decision, and banned after suspicions of being involved in the match-fixing crisis of the late 1990s. He retired at the end of 2004, after being left out by Baroda, his home state.
Partab Ramchand December 2004
