Former India all-rounder Dinesh Mongia has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on Wednesday. He was a member of the Indian team that finished runner-up in the 2003 World Cup. He last played in 2007 for Punjab before he joined the Indian Cricket League and was eventually banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Having made his Punjab debut in 1995-96, he was a regular member in the side until the 2000-01 season when he took domestic run-getting to another level and forced his way into the India team with a string of big innings. Although he lacked the natural grace of most left-handers, later on, he possessed a wide range of attacking strokes. He has done a great job when he was given a chance in the one-day side and smashed 159 in the series decider against Zimbabwe at Guwahati in March 2002.

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He has ended his career with 57 ODIs but he never played a Test. His first-class record of 121 games included 21 centuries. Dinesh Mongia also played for Lancashire and Leicestershire.

The punishment for playing the ICL left him without any official connection with the game. Most players who were associated with, banned by the Board for their association with the ICL were reprived but Mongia remained the only cricketer who was kept out of the cricketing circuit. However, he was made a State selector by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) in the last season.