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Raman Lamba

Raman Lamba
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Personal information
Full name Raman Lamba
Born (1960-01-02)2 January 1960
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died 23 February 1998(1998-02-23) (aged 38)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut 17 January 1987 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 25 November 1987 v West Indies
ODI debut 7 October 1986 v Australia
Last ODI 22 December 1989 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years Team
1980-1998 Delhi
1980-1991 North Zone
1990 Ireland
1992-1998 Abahani
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC
Matches 4 32 121
Runs scored 102 783 8776
Batting average 20.40 27.00 53.86
100s/50s -/1 1/6 31/27
Top score 53 102 320
Balls bowled 19 816
Wickets 1 6
Bowling average 20.00 70.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/9 2/9
Catches/stumpings 5/- 10/- 60/0
Source: CricketArchive, 12 September 2011

Raman Lamba About this sound pronunciation  (2 January 1960 – 23 February 1998) was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests and 32 One Day Internationals, mainly as a batsman. He was a popular player in Bangladesh's Dhaka Premier League and also represented Ireland in unofficial One Day International matches. Lamba died after slipping into coma due to internal haemorrhage, three days after being hit on the temple by a cricket ball while fielding in Bangladesh's league cricket.

Raman Lamba was born on 2 January 1960 at Meerut. He was a right-handed bat, noted for his fitness. He commenced his Ranji Trophy career in 1980-81, and continued until his death in the 1997-98 season. He scored 6362 runs at an average of 53.91 in 87 matches, scoring 22 centuries including 5 double centuries and his career highest of 312 versus Himachal Pradesh at Delhi in 1994-95, which is not only his personal highest score but it is one among the highest individual scores for Delhi. In 1994-95 he aggregated 1034 runs in 10 matches at an average of 73.86 with 3 centuries and 4 half centuries, which was a record number of runs in a Ranji Trophy season. He led Delhi in 8 matches in the season 1994-95, winning 3 and drawing 5. His 320 in the Duleep Trophy for North Zone against West Zone in the final at Bhilai in 1986-87 still remains among highest individual scores. In first-class cricket, he scored a total of 8776 runs at 53.84 and his 175 innings including 31 centuries and 27 fifties.


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