lalchand rajput Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
lalchand rajput is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Lalchand Sitaram Rajput
Born
December 18, 1961, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Age
61 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 2 | 4 | - | - |
Inn | 4 | 4 | - | - |
Runs | 105 | 9 | - | - |
Avg | 26.25 | 3.0 | - | - |
SR | 0.0 | 29.03 | - | - |
HS | 61 | 8 | - | - |
NO | 0 | 1 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 1 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 2 | 4 | - | - |
Inn | - | 2 | - | - |
Balls | - | 42 | - | - |
Runs | - | 42 | - | - |
Wkt | - | 0 | - | - |
BBI | - | 18 / 0 | - | - |
BBM | - | 18 / 0 | - | - |
Eco | - | 6.0 | - | - |
Avg | - | 0.0 | - | - |
5W | - | 0 | - | - |
10W | - | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Scotland
- Assam
- Mumbai
- Vidarbha
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
In the mid-1980s, when Sunil Gavaskar showed his desire to bat down the order, India was in need of a worthy opener to take Gavaskar's place. Rajput, who was in stellar form and had played some outstanding knocks in domestic cricket, was drafted into the team for the Sri Lankan tour in 1985. In his debut Test, Rajput looked like a man with resolve, scoring 32 and 61. However, scores of 0 and 12 in the second Test spelled doom for him. In the next Test match, he was replaced by Ravi Shastri and never made his way back into the Test team.
His ODI stint was just a horrible failure. He could only garner 9 runs from 4 ODIs, getting out on a duck twice in 4 innings.
After hanging up his boots, Rajput has taken many administrative and coaching positions. He has served as the Joint Honorary Secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association. He has also had some successful outings as the coach of the Under-19 Indian cricket team.
In 2007, he was appointed the manager of the Indian cricket team before the inaugural ICC World T20 in South Africa. After India won the tournament, Rajput continued as the manager till the Australian tour in 2007-08.
Rajput was also the coach of Mumbai Indians for the first IPL season. During that tenure, he was seriously reprimanded by the BCCI during the Harbhajan-Sreesanth altercation. He was seen on camera laughing when Harbhajan slapped Sreesanth.
Currently, Rajput is the coach of the India A team.
By Sidhant Maheshwari
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
When Sunil Gavaskar indicated that he would like to bat lower down the order in the mid 1980s, the search was on for suitable opening batsmen. And on the basis of some sterling performances on the domestic circuit, Lalchand Rajput was the choice for the tour of Sri Lanka in 1985. Solid rather than spectacular, Rajput batted well on his Test debut scoring 32 and 61, adding 76 runs for the third wicket
with Dilip Vengsarkar in the second innings. But after scores of 0 and 12 in the next Test he was replaced by Ravi Shastri and lost his place for good. After his playing days, he served as the joint honorary secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association and also took up coaching, which included successful stints with the Under-19 team. He was appointed cricket manager before India's successful campaign at the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa and held the position till the tour of Australia in 2007-08. He then took over as the coach of the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural IPL. However, he hit the headlines for the wrong reasons early in the tournament when he was fined 50% of his match fee for not restraining the captain Harbhajan Singh during his infamous altercation with Sreesanth.
Parab Ramchand and Cricinfo Staff (April 2008)