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Full name | Raman Lamba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
2 January 1960||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 February 1998 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
(aged 38)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980-1998 | Delhi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980-1991 | North Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992-1998 | Abahani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 12 September 2011
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Raman Lamba 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.