Dinesh Mongia first ever Indian cricketer to play T20 match in 2004 who scores ODI cricket 1 millionth run where is now

New Delhi. Mahendra Singh Dhoni made India the T20 champion in 2007. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India won the first ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, but T0 International had started before that. The first T20 International match was played on 17 February 2005 between Australia and New Zealand. India played its T20 International match on 1 December 2006 against South Africa in Johannesburg. India was captained by Virender Sehwag in this match, but do you know who is the Indian player who played the first T20 match?

Talking about the beginning of T20 cricket in India, names like Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik come to mind. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has given India the T20 World Cup. At the same time, Dinesh Karthik is a player who was a part of India’s first T20 match and was also a part of the team playing in the 2022 T20 World Cup. However, neither of these two is the first player of India to play T20 match.

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First Indian to play T20 match
International T20 formats started happening around 2005. This format was used for the first time in 2004. The first T20 match took place in England. It was between county teams. Dinesh Mongia signed for Lancashire as a replacement for Stuart Law and played a few games for the team. Therefore, he is the first Indian to play this format, as other Indian cricketers started playing this format only two years later.

Dinesh Mongia has also played in films
Dinesh Mongia played his first T20 Cup for Lancashire against Leicester. However, later Dinesh Mongia did not get much success in this format. He retired from the game and turned himself towards politics and coaching. He has also worked in films. Mongia had worked in a film named ‘Kebab Me Haddi’.

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Dinesh Mongia scored his 1 millionth run in ODI cricket
The Chandigarh-born batsman got to play a lot of matches in the 50-over format between 2001 and 2007, but could not deliver consistent results and was later replaced by younger players. During his 6-year career, Mongia made a big score of 159 (against Zimbabwe in Guwahati). But Mongia’s one innings has always been remembered, not because he did anything special but because it became a part of unique history. In fact, in this innings, the 1 millionth run of international cricket was scored by Dinesh Mongia of India in a match against Australia.

India won its first international T20 match
India won its first T20 International match played against South Africa. India’s team at that time was- Virender Sehwag (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Mongia, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Sreesanth.

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