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Full name Jagdishlal Arun Lal
Born August 1, 1955, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 53 years 71 days
Major teams India,Bengal,Delhi
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Father - Jagdish Lal,Uncle - D Muni Lal,Cousin - Akash Lal
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
16
29
1
729
93
26.03
0
6
0
13
0
ODIs
13
13
0
122
51
9.38
232
52.58
0
1
10
1
4
0
First-class
156
240
18
10421
287
46.94
30
43
145
0
List A
65
64
4
1734
90
28.90
0
12
22
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
16
3
16
7
0
-
-
-
2.62
-
0
0
0
ODIs
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
156
1856
931
21
4/79
44.33
3.00
88.3
0
0
List A
65
699
571
14
3/38
3/38
40.78
4.90
49.9
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Sep 17-22, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v India at Kingston, Apr 28-May 3, 1989 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v England at Cuttack, Jan 27, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v India at Georgetown, Mar 21, 1989 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1974/75 - 1995/96
List A span
1977/78 - 1995/96
Profile
Arun Lal was not the most spontaneously gifted of cricketers but compensated with an abundance of blood, sweat and toil that marked him out from his peers for higher laurels. With his father, uncle, and cousin all having been top performers in the Ranji Trophy, Arun's cricketing pedigree was impeccable.
Although an underachiever at the highest level, he was a prodigious performer in domestic cricket and retired in fifth position in the all time Ranji run aggregates, with 6760 runs at 53.23. Having played six seasons for Delhi without unveiling his latent abilities, Arun made a strategic move to Bengal in 1980-81 which struck pay dirt. Summoned for a Test call-up against Sri Lanka in 1982 at the relatively late age of 27, he responded with 63 in his debut innings. Arun was not a conspicuous success on the tour of Pakistan which followed where many an experienced hand came a cropper against Imran Khan. Biding his time during the four years of exile that followed, he burst into a frenzy of activity in the 1986-87 season with identical scores of 287 in the Ranji pre-quarters and the Duleep semis. Rewarded with a Test place against Pakistan at his adopted home in Calcutta when Sunil Gavaskar refused to play there, Arun made a firm statement of purpose with two half centuries. After Sunny's retirement, followed a sequence of 11 successive Test appearances which began promisingly enough against the West Indies at home as he made his highest Test score of 93 at Calcutta. But his career ended limply against the same opposition away in 1989.
Arun Lal's last hurrah was in the 1989-90 Ranji season when Bengal won the title after 51 years, with his most important contribution being a knock of 189 that helped shut out Bombay in the quarters.
Sankhya Krishnan
