Nayan Mongia

Nayan Ramlal Mongia pronunciation  (born 19 December 1969) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper.

Nayan Mongia
Personal information
Born (1969-12-19) 19 December 1969
Baroda, Gujarat, India
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 44 140
Runs scored 1,442 1,272
Batting average 24.03 20.19
100s/50s 1/6 0/2
Top score 152 69
Catches/stumpings 99/8 110/45
Source: CricInfo, 4 February 2006

Nayan Mongia was accused of match-fixing against West Indies as he gobbled up 21 balls to make a mere 4 runs along with Manoj Prabhakar who made a slow century. This resulted in West Indies win the match by 43 runs. Mongia was dropped from the team in the year 2001. He was a lower order wicket-keeper batsman and batted occasionally on 7th or 8th position. He has represented India in 2 World Cups, 1996 and 1999.

Playing career

First Tour of England

In his first tour to England in 1990, he impressed Alan Knott, who claimed Mongia was a player with natural talent. Mongia has spent many years as India's second successful wicket-keeper after Kiran More, Mongia made his debut in the Indian international cricket team in the mid-1990s and from there, he was considered as India's number one choice as a wicketkeeper.

Opening and highest score

Mongia scored his maiden Test century against Australia in the one-off Test during the latter's tour of India in 1996–97, in Delhi. Opening the batting, he scored 152 on a "slow turning wicket of low bounce".[1] Writing for the Indian Express, former cricketer Ian Chappell called it an innings of "skill, patience and concentration".[2] Mongia was dropped from the team after dissent and allegations of match-fixing.[3] Mongia retired from first class cricket in December 2004.[4]

First class career

In 1983 first-class matches for Baroda cricket team and West Zone cricket team made his debut in November 1989. He took 353 catches and 43 stumpings and scored over 7000 runs. In international cricket, Mongia played 44 Tests ending his Test career in an epic Kolkata Test against Australia cricket team in March 2001.[5]

Coaching career

In 2004, he was taken as a coach for Thailand national cricket team. Mongia has also been coach for 2004 ACC Trophy in Malaysia. Along with the national team, he was also appointed as a coach for Thailand national under-19 cricket team as well.[6]

References
  1. Magazine, Pradeep (12 October 1996). "Marvellous Mongia floors 'em". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 April 1997. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. Chappell, Ian (12 October 1996). "Mongia's effort adds to selectors' headache". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 May 1997. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. "Match-fixing report: The main points". BBC. 1 November 2000. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  4. "Nayan Mongia announces retirement". The Hindu. 22 December 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  5. Mongia announces his retirement
  6. Nayan Mongia to coach Thailand
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