Madan Lal

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Madan Lal
India
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	39	67
Runs scored	1042	401
Batting average	22.65	19.09
100s/50s	-/5	-/1
Top score	74	53*
Balls bowled	5997	3164
Wickets	71	73
Bowling average	40.08	29.27
5 wickets in innings	4	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/23	4/20
Catches/stumpings	15/-	18/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: [1]

Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma^[1] pronunciation (help·info) (born March 20, 1951, Amritsar, Punjab, India) is a former Indian international cricketer (1974-1987). He enjoyed great success at the first class level scoring over 10,000 runs and taking over 600 wickets.

He played 31 Test matches for India, scoring 1,042 runs at an average of 22.65, taking 71 wickets at 40.08 and holding 15 catches. He was a fairly competent lower order batsman, often extricating the Indian team from tricky situations which earned him the nickname, Maddat Lal by grateful Indian fans.

Madan Lal bowled the first ball to Dennis Amiss of England in the 1975 World Cup^[2] He made 67 one day internationals appearances and was also a member of the 1983 World Cup final winning team.

Madan Lal played for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy between 1968 and 1972 and Delhi between 1972 and 1989.

[edit] Post-Retirement

In his retirement, Madan Lal has been actively involved in the game in various capacities

• Madan Lal coached the UAE team^{[citation needed]}
• Madan Lal had a stint as India's National Cricket Coach between September 1996 and September 1997^[3]
• Member of the Selection Committee in 2000 and 2001.
• Current coach of the Delhi Giants team in the Indian Cricket League.

[edit] References

Preceded by Sandeep Patil

Indian National Cricket Coach (Manager) September 1996 - October 1997

Succeeded by Anshuman Gaekwad

v • d • e India squad - 1975 Cricket World Cup 1 Venkataraghavan (c) • 2 Solkar • 3 Gaekwad • 4 Ghavri • 5 Patel • 6 Viswanath • 7 Gavaskar • 8 Engineer (wk) • 9 Abid Ali • 10 Amarnath • 11 Madan Lal • 12 Bedi

v • d • e India squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1st Title) 1 Kapil Dev (c) • 2 Gavaskar • 3 Srikkanth • 4 Vengsarkar • 5 Patil • 6 Amarnath • 7 Yashpal • 8 Binny • 9 Madan Lal • 10 Kirmani (wk) • 11 Azad • 12 Sandhu • 13 Shastri • 14 Valson