Cricket is such a game, in which along with talent, the role of luck is also importants. The injury of a player becomes an opportunity for someone and the one who hits that boundary, his career goes on. Dinesh Mongia has been one such player in Indian cricket, whom Sourav Ganguly as captain gave him the opportunity to open when Virender Sehwag was injured and Dinesh Mongia also played a blistering inning of 159 runs against Zimbabwe Match. On the basis of this performance, Dinesh Mongia also played the 2003 World Cup in place of VVS Laxman. But never score a century in international cricket again.
Dinesh Mongia 57 ODIs for India
Dinesh Mongia got a chance to play 57 ODIs for India. In this, he scored 1230 runs with the help of one century and Four half-centuries. Dinesh Mongia who played domestic cricket for Punjab, never got a chance to play Test Match for India.
Dinesh Mongia made his debut for Punjab in 1995-96 and scored runs in domestic cricket for Four To Five consecutive years. After this, he got a chance to make his ODI debut against Australia in year 2000-01. However, Dinesh could not walk abroad. For this reason, he kept getting in and out of the team. However, he returned to Team India for the 2003 World Cup. But, could not show anything special in tournament. After this he was dropped from the team. After this, Dinesh Mongia took the path of county cricket to return. But, could not success. He played the last match for India in 2007.
In this tour, Dinesh Mongia went against the BCCI and joined the Indian Cricket League ie ICL. Due to this they were banned. He was also accused of fixing in ICL. In October 2008, the ban on Dinesh Mongia was lifted. But, he could never play for India again and retired from cricket in 2019 after waiting for 12 years.
In 2021, Dinesh Mongia joined BJP in politics. Apart from this, he also worked in films.