Full Name

Lalchand Sitaram Rajput

Born

December 18, 1961, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Age

62y 92d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

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)

Lalchand Rajput Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests2401056126.25--01-010
ODIs441983.003129.03000020
FC11018321798827549.30--2046--790
List A61605196511535.72--315--210

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2------------
ODIs4242420---6.00-000
FC110-56962668595/32-45.222.8196.5-10
List A61-18981399313/463/4645.124.4261.2000
Lalchand Rajput portrait

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Debut/Last Matches of Lalchand Rajput

Recent Matches of Lalchand Rajput

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
East Zone vs North Zone64 & 411/16 & 0/915-Nov-1993PuneFC
East Zone vs West Zone730/506-Nov-1993SuratFC
East Zone vs Central Zone130/6 & 0/828-Oct-1993WankhedeFC
East Zone vs South Zone2 & 131/5019-Oct-1993RajkotFC
East Zone vs West Zone2 & 201/8015-Jan-1992WankhedeFC

Photos of Lalchand Rajput

Captain Sean Williams and coach Lalchand Rajput have a chat
Donald Tiripano and Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput at training
Lalchand Rajput and Mickey Arthur in conversation
Lalchand Rajput speaks to the media
Newly appointed Zimbabwe head coach Lalchand Rajput speaks with ZC chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani
The six candidates being interviewed for the position of India coach