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Nayan Mongia
1969Dec, 19

Nayan Mongia

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

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.

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