Arun Lal

For the Pakistani cricketer, see Arun Lal (cricketer, born 1985).

Arun Lal

Personal information
Full name	Jagdishlal Arun Lal
Born	(1955-08-01) 1 August 1955 Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Relations	Jagdish Lal (father) Muni Lal (uncle) Akash Lal (cousin)
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 159)	17 September 1982 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	29 April 1989 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 39)	27 January 1982 v England
Last ODI	21 March 1989 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1981/82-1995/96	Bengal
1977/78-1980/81	Delhi
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A Matches 16 13 156 65 Runs scored 729 122 10421 1734 Batting average 26.03 9.38 46.94 28.90 100s/50s -/6 -/1 30/43 -/12 Top score 93 51 287 90 Balls bowled 16 – 1856 699 Wickets – – 21 14 Bowling average – – 21 40.78 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – n/a – – Best bowling – – 4/79 3/38 Catches/stumpings 13/- 4/- 145/- 22/-
Source: Cricinfo, 16 May 2016

Arun Lal pronunciation  (born 1 August 1955) is a retired Indian cricketer, and a cricket commentator. He played for India, as a right-handed batsman, between 1982 and 1989 was a gritty player though it didn't reflect in his batting average of 26.03.

His columns about cricket analysis regularly appears in newspaper and internet columns. He moved from Delhi to Calcutta in 1979 and started a cricket academy. He joined the Bengal cricket team in 1981 and presently serves as their head coach.

Early life and education

Arun Lal did his schooling at Mayo College, Ajmer and received his undergraduate degree from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

Career

In 1982, he made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Madras with 63 and shared a partnership of 156 with Sunil Gavaskar. In his next test, he scored 51 against Pakistan and shared an opening partnership with Sunil Gavaskar for 105. His highest test innings score is 93 made against West Indies at Calcutta in 1987.

His ODI average stands at 9.36. At Indian domestic level he represented Bengal cricket team and Delhi cricket team where he has a record of scoring over 10,000 runs with a top score of 287 and a batting average of 46.94. He resigned from domestic cricket in March 2001. His last club match was for East Bengal.

He represented Bengal in the iconic Doordarshan national integration song, "Mile Sur Mera Tumara". In that he comes out of the Kolkata metro rail. He usually commentates on matches India play at home, which are broadcast by Star Sports.

In 2016, he was detected having jaw cancer which has kept him out of commentary box since January 2016.

Arun Lal conferred with the Lifetime Achievement award by the Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB’s) on 3 August 2019.

External links

• Cricinfo
• cricketarchive