Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hemant Punoo
http://imsports.rediff.com/cricket/2006/feb/15wcup.htm This is not a "mere mention", but rather an article focusing on this person.  There are plenty of other sources http://news.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=wx6&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=%22Hemant+Punoo%22 here.  I appreciate that he does not meet the "normal guidelines", but in my opinion he meets 
— User:Lankiveil, 23:21, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)