Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma (; 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 The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. ...

winning India squad.

Playing career

Madan 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

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, Mohinder Amarnath and

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to contain and destroy the opposition. In the 1983 world cup finale

took the extraordinary catch of Vivian Richards off the bowling of Madan Lal. Madan Lal played for

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but later played for

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. Madan Lal also bowled the first ball to Dennis Amiss of

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in the 1975 World Cup

Coaching career

In his retirement, Madan Lal has been actively involved in the game in various capacities. Madan Lal coached the UAE team for

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. Madan Lal had a stint as India's national cricket coach between September 1996 and September 1997 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

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till 2008) in the

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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,

. He was appointed as chief coach of the Sanjay Jagdale MPCA Academy in 2010.

Political career

In March 2009, the

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decided to field Madan Lal as their candidate for the Hamirpur Parliamentary constituency bye elections in

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. Madan Lal was chosen to contest the bye elections against Anurag Thakur, son of the

BJP leader,

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Acting career

In April 2013, Madan Lal appeared on a crime show called ''

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'' on

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at 9 pm.

In popular culture

A Bollywood film titled '' 83'' is scheduled to release in 2021 about the event of India's first world cup win at Lords. The film features

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as Madan Lal and is directed and produced by Kabir Khan and

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respectively.

References

External links

Madan Lal’s cricket academy at Gaur City, Greater Noida (West)
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