Indian cricketers who played just 1 T20I

Dinesh Mongia

Mongia's defection to the rebel ICL took him out of contention for the Indian team

Like Tendulkar, left-handed middle-order batsman Dinesh Mongia also featured only in India’s inaugural T20I against South Africa at Johannesburg. The then 29-year-old Mongia came in at number 3 and faced 45 balls for his 38 runs, hitting 4 boundaries and a six.

His effort might seem sluggish, but it was the need of the hour at that point in the match and helped lay a platform for Dinesh Karthik to come and capitalise on.