The umpire, for whom the appeal wasn't worthy of consideration, had to raise his finger, much to the consternation of the Australian captain - Steve Waugh. The camera caught Waugh looking in awe at Mongia, who had just redefined sportsmanship in cricket. Where people laud a batsman who walks before the umpire puts up his finger, Mongia had walked before the appeal had assumed substantial propositions. The ball, incidentally, had missed Mongia's ineffective bat by ten inches. Mongia, thus, qualified as a quitter, something even the all-forgiving Indian team couldn't accept.
Indian keeper seems hollow.
Mongia's leg side collections have fallen way below the yardsticks set even by the likes of batsman-keepers like Gilchrist or Romesh Kaluwitharana, and even his reflexes have fallen short of world standards in recent times. For a player aiming to be a specialist keeper with no pretensions of able batsmanship, Mongia's exploits have failed to look impressive enough to warrant considerations. The only thing in his favour is his skill in facing up to the spinners, especially Anil Kumble. He has shown amazing reaction and reflexes when it came to keeping the likes of Kumble. His offside keeping up to the quicks have also been good, but only when he hasn't had to throw himself around and the ball has been within his reach.