Nayan Ramlal Mongia was born on 19th December 1969 in Baroda or Vadodara. He was a former Indian cricket player represented his country at the highest level. Apart from Indian team he also played his domestic cricket for Baroda team, under Baroda Cricket Association. He played as a right-hand batter and a wicketkeeper. Currently, he works as a cricket analyst for various news channels.

He made his first international tour to England in the year 1990, and he impressed Alan Knott to a great extent, who though that Nayan was immensely natural and had an easy going flair in his game. Due to the presence of Kiran More in the side, Mongia had to spend much of his time as a second fiddle keeper for India. Mongia made it to the Indian team in the mid 1990. An efficient wicketkeeper, Mongia was equally at home keeping to Javagal Srinath or Anil Kumble.

Nayan Mongia has the best score of 152 that came against Australian team. He was dropped from the Indian team following the match fixing allegation. Mongia retired from first class cricket in December 2004. Nayan Mongia`s approach to the game has been refreshingly different. He was modest, friendly and unassuming by nature, but extremely professional towards his game.

Career Statistics
Batting and Fielding Averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	44	68	8	1442	152	24.03	3742	38.53	1	6	159	5	99	8
ODIs	140	96	33	1272	69	20.19	1846	68.90	0	2	95	8	110	44
First-class	158	241	40	7736	181	38.48			12	45			353	43
List A	213	150	45	2755	106	26.23			1	9			173	64

Bowling Averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	140	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	158		6	4	0	-	-	-	4.00	-	0	0	0
List A	213	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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