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| Full name | Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1951-03-20)20 March 1951 (age 74) 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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| 1968–1972 | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1991 | Delhi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996-97 | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma[1] (pronunciationⓘ; born 20 March 1951) is a former Indian cricketer (1974–1987) and Indian national cricket coach. He was a member of the1983 Cricket World Cup winning India squad. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985World Championship of Cricket.
Madan Lal enjoyed outstanding all-round success atfirst-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 the1983 World Cup final winning team where he teamed up withKapil Dev,Balwinder Sandhu,Roger Binny,Mohinder Amarnath andKirti Azad to contain and destroy the opposition. In the 1983 world cup finaleKapil Dev took the extraordinary catch ofVivian Richards off the bowling of Madan Lal. Madan Lal played forPunjab but later played forDelhi. Madan Lal also bowled the first ball toDennis Amiss ofEngland in the1975 World Cup[2]
In his retirement, Madan Lal has been actively involved in the game in various capacities. Madan Lal coached theUAE team[3] for1996 Cricket World Cup. Madan Lal had a stint asIndia's national cricket coach between September 1996 and September 1997[4]
He was member of theSelection Committee from 2000 and 2001. He joined and served as the coach of the Delhi Giants (known as the Delhi Jets till 2008) in theIndian Cricket League till it became defunct. He later applied forBCCI's amnesty offer since the ICL was not a recognized Twenty20 League.
Madan Lal run a cricket academy inSiri Fort Sports Complex,Delhi.[5] He was appointed as chief coach of theSanjay Jagdale MPCA Academy in 2010.[6]
In March 2009, theIndian National Congress decided to field Madan Lal as their candidate for theHamirpur Parliamentary constituency bye elections inHimachal Pradesh. Madan Lal was chosen to contest the bye elections against Anurag Thakur, son of theHimachal PradeshBJP leader,Prem Kumar Dhumal.[7]
In April 2013, Madan Lal appeared on a crime show calledHum Ne Li Hai- Shapath.
A Bollywood film titled83 was released in 2021 and is about the event of India's first world cup win at Lords. The film featuresHarrdy Sandhu as Madan Lal and is directed and produced byKabir Khan andAnurag Kashyap respectively.[8][9]
| Preceded by | Indian National Cricket Coach (Manager) September 1996 – October 1997 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by unknown | United Arab Emirates national cricket coach 1996 | Succeeded by Abdul Razzaq Kazim |
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