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Full name Dinesh Mongia
Born April 17, 1977, Chandigarh
Current age 31 years 98 days
Major teams India, Chandigarh Lions, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Punjab
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

ODIs

1230

159*

27.95

1721

71.47

122

T20Is

38.00

84.44

First-class

121

183

8028

308*

48.95

122

List A

198

184

5535

159*

35.25

Twenty20

633

21.10

557

113.64

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

ODIs

640

571

3/31

40.78

5.35

45.7

T20Is

First-class

121

4037

1687

4/34

36.67

2.50

87.7

List A

198

3834

2976

116

5/44

25.65

4.65

33.0

Twenty20

523

535

3/19

19.10

6.13

18.6

Career statistics

ODI debut

India v Australia at Pune, Mar 28, 2001 scorecard

Last ODI

Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), May 12, 2007 scorecard

ODI statistics

Only T20I

South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

1995/96

Last First-class

Hyderabad (India) v Punjab at Hyderabad (Decc), Jan 10-12, 2007 scorecard

List A debut

1996/97

Last List A

Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), May 12, 2007 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Punjab v Tamil Nadu at Mumbai (BS), Apr 21, 2007 scorecard

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.
Dileep Premachandran June 2006

Jun 11, 2007

India's players go through the grind © AFP

Dec 1, 2006

Dinesh Mongia broke his bat in half © AFP

Dec 1, 2006

AB de Villiers appeals for a stumping against Dinesh Mongia © AFP

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