Full Name

Dinesh Mongia

Born

April 17, 1977, Chandigarh

Age

46y 337d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Allrounder

Dinesh Mongia has quietly gone about the job of accumulating runs without ever being showered with the encomiums reserved for flashier but less effective players. Having made his Punjab debut in 1995-96, he was a steady if unspectacular performer until the 2000-01 season when he took domestic run-getting to another level, forcing his way into the national team with a string of big innings. Pugnacious and dogged, he lacks the natural grace of most left-handers, but possesses a wide range of attacking strokes. He has done a sterling job when given a chance in the one-day side, and hammered 159 in the series decider against Zimbabwe at Guwahati in March 2002. Suspicions remained, however, that kinks in his technique could be exposed on more challenging tracks abroad, and indifferent displays in England resulted in him being relegated to a bit-part role in the tours that followed. He forced his way back into the 2003 World Cup squad, where India lost in the final, but failed to set the world alight. In 2004, he played club cricket in England in an attempt to regain his place, and ended up standing in for Carl Hooper as one of Lancashire's overseas players where he was a popular player. He then joined Leicestershire where is skills were especially useful in Twenty20 cricket and remained on the fringes of India's one-day side, featuring in four matches during the six-month period between September 2006 and March 2007. After India's ignominous World Cup exit, of which he wasn't a part, he was picked in the squad to tour Bangladesh in May 2007. Mongia then took his skills to the Chandigarh Lions in the ICL, but was suspended by the unsanctioned league in October 2008. The ICL players were given amnesty by the BCCI after that, but Mongia hasn't played an official game since.
Dileep Premachandran June 2009

Dinesh Mongia Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs575171230159*27.95172171.47141228210
T20Is110383838.004584.44004110
FC121183198028308*48.95--2728--1210
List A198184275535159*35.25--1026--850
T20s323006335021.10557113.6401697110

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs5721640571143/313/3140.785.3545.7000
T20Is1------------
FC121-40371687464/34-36.672.5087.7-00
List A198-383429761165/445/4425.654.6533.0510
T20s3229523535283/193/1919.106.1318.6000
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Dinesh Mongia top-scored for Chandigarh with 47off 29 balls
India's players go through the grind
Dinesh Mongia broke his bat in half
AB de Villiers appeals for a stumping against Dinesh Mongia
Dinesh Mongia launches one through the off side
Shane Watson celebrates Dinesh Mongia's wicket