Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma[1] (; born 20 March 1951) is a former Indian cricketer (1974–1987) and Indian national cricket coach. He was a member of the 1983 Cricket World Cup winning India squad. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.
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| Full name | Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1951 Amritsar, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Maddi Paa, Maddat Lal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 130) | 6 June 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 19 June 1986 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 5) | 13 July 1974 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 March 1987 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1972 | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1991 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996-97 | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 August 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editMadan Lal enjoyed outstanding all-round success at first-class level scoring 10,204 runs (av 42.87), including 22 hundreds, also capturing 625 wickets (av 25.50). He had a side-on bowling action.
He played 39 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, Maddad Lal by grateful Indian fans.
He made 67 One Day Internationals appearances and was also a member of the 1983 World Cup final winning team where he teamed up with Kapil Dev, Balwinder Sandhu, Roger Binny, Mohinder Amarnath and Kirti Azad to contain and destroy the opposition. In the 1983 world cup finale Kapil Dev took the extraordinary catch of Vivian Richards off the bowling of Madan Lal. Madan Lal played for Punjab but later played for Delhi. Madan Lal also bowled the first ball to Dennis Amiss of England in the 1975 World Cup[2]
Coaching career
editIn his retirement, Madan Lal has been actively involved in the game in various capacities. Madan Lal coached the UAE team[3] for 1996 Cricket World Cup. Madan Lal had a stint as India's national cricket coach between September 1996 and September 1997[4]
He was member of the Selection Committee from 2000 and 2001. He joined and served as the coach of the Delhi Giants (known as the Delhi Jets till 2008) in the Indian Cricket League till it became defunct. He later applied for BCCI's amnesty offer since the ICL was not a recognized Twenty20 League.
Madan Lal run a cricket academy in Siri Fort Sports Complex, Delhi.[5] He was appointed as chief coach of the Sanjay Jagdale MPCA Academy in 2010.[6]
Political career
editIn March 2009, the Indian National Congress decided to field Madan Lal as their candidate for the Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency bye elections in Himachal Pradesh. Madan Lal was chosen to contest the bye elections against Anurag Thakur, son of the Himachal Pradesh BJP leader, Prem Kumar Dhumal.[7]
Acting career
editIn April 2013, Madan Lal appeared on a crime show called Hum Ne Li Hai- Shapath.
In popular culture
editA Bollywood film titled 83 was released in 2021 and is about the event of India's first world cup win at Lords. The film features Harrdy Sandhu as Madan Lal and is directed and produced by Kabir Khan and Anurag Kashyap respectively.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "ESPNcricinfo Website – Madan Lal Profile". ESPNcricinfo. 25 September 1996. Retrieved 17 March 2007.
- ^ "Who Shrunk Test Cricket?". Rediff. 26 December 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2007.
- ^ "Coaches India team has had in the past – CricTracker". 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Madan Lal appointed as Manager". ESPNcricinfo. 25 September 1996. Retrieved 17 March 2007.
- ^ madanlalcricketacademy
- ^ "Madan Lal appointed chief coach of MP Cricket Academy". 22 December 2010.
- ^ tribuneindia
- ^ "Ranveer Singh introduces Hardy Sandhu as Madan Lal in '83' character poster". Business Standard India. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Ranveer Singh introduces Hardy Sandhu as Madan Lal in '83' character poster". The New Indian Express. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links
edit- Madan Lal’s cricket academy at Gaur City, Greater Noida (West) on realtyfact.com
- Madan Lal at ESPNcricinfo