Nayan Ramlal Mongia was born on 19 December 1969 and is a former Indian cricketer and cricket coach.
13 Facts About Nayan Mongia
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Nayan Mongia was part of the Indian squad which won the 1995 Asia Cup.
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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.
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Nayan Mongia was a lower order wicket-keeper batsman and batted occasionally on 7th or 8th position.
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Nayan Mongia has represented India in 2 World Cups, 1996 and 1999.
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Nayan Mongia has spent many years as India's second successful wicket-keeper after Kiran More, Nayan 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 wicket keeper.
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Nayan Mongia was dropped from the team after dissent and allegations of match-fixing.
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In international cricket, Nayan Mongia played 44 Tests ending his Test career in an epic Kolkata Test against Australia national cricket team in March 2001.
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Nayan Mongia has been coach for 2004 ACC Trophy in Malaysia.
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Ex- secretary of BCCI Jayawant Lele in his book alleged Nayan Mongia for fixing and playing intentionally slow, in his book 'I was there- Memories of a Cricket administrator'.
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Per Lele 'In 1994's Kanpur ODI against West Indies, Nayan Mongia deliberately played slow and scored 16 runs in 9 overs, India lost that match'.
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Nayan Mongia's name was in the report of CBI with Mohommad Azharuddin.
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Nayan Mongia was the part of the match at Eden gardens, when India defeated Australia in the test in 2001.