# Akash Lal
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{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1940)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Akash Lal
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| country = India
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|10|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Kapurthala](/source/Kapurthala), [Punjab](/source/Punjab_(British_India)), [British India](/source/British_India)
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| family = [Muni Lal](/source/Muni_Lal) (father), [Arun Lal](/source/Arun_Lal) (cousin), [Jagdish Lal](/source/Jagdish_Lal) (uncle)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = [Opening batsman](/source/Opening_batsman)
| club1 = [Patiala](/source/Patiala_cricket_team)
| year1 = 1957/58
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [Delhi](/source/Delhi_cricket_team)
| year2 = 1959/60–1968/69
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [Punjab](/source/Punjab_cricket_team_(India))
| year3 = 1969/70–1975/76
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| columns = 1
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 94
| runs1 = 5,622
| bat avg1 = 41.64
| 100s/50s1 = 15/26
| top score1 = 209[*](/source/not_out)
| deliveries1 = 447
| wickets1 = 6
| bowl avg1 = 50.50
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/21
| catches/stumpings1 = 55/–
| date = 30 December
| year = 2015
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26654.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Akash Lal''' (born 6 October 1940) is a former Indian [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er who mainly played for [Delhi](/source/Delhi_cricket_team) and [Punjab](/source/Punjab_cricket_team_(India)), and a former [Indian team selector](/source/India_national_cricket_team_selectors).
==Life and career==
Akash Lal was born on 6 October 1940 in [Kapurthala](/source/Kapurthala), [Punjab](/source/Punjab%2C_India). His father [Muni Lal](/source/Muni_Lal) was also a first-class cricketer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.[{{cite web|title=Muni Lal |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39984/39984.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=30 December 2015}}] His uncle [Jagdish Lal](/source/Jagdish_Lal), father of Indian cricketer [Arun Lal](/source/Arun_Lal), had also played first-class cricket for various teams.[{{cite web|title=Jagdish Lal |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39259/39259.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=30 December 2015}}]
Lal was a right-handed [opening batsman](/source/opening_batsman) who made his first-class debut for [Patiala](/source/Patiala_cricket_team) in the 1957/58 season. He switched to Delhi for the 1959/60 season and played ten seasons for them. He captained Delhi for three seasons from 1965/66. He was in contention for getting selected for the Indian team in 1966. He scored 82 and 4 in a tour match against West Indies at Delhi, but due to his struggle against [Garry Sobers](/source/Garry_Sobers)' spin bowling and a dropped catch, he was not selected.[{{cite web|title=Akash Lal|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/26654.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2015}}] He moved to Punjab before the 1969/70 season and represented them until the 1975/76 season.
After retirement, Lal became a selector for the Indian national cricket team. He was part of the five-member selection panel that picked [Sachin Tendulkar](/source/Sachin_Tendulkar) in the Indian team at the age of 16 for his first international tour against Pakistan.[{{cite web|title=An emotional Akash Lal reminisces the day he selected Sachin|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/featured/story/akash-lal-selector-sachin-tendulkar-retirement-213993-2013-10-10|publisher=India Today|access-date=30 December 2015}}] Lal was one of the three members of the panel who voted in favour of Tendulkar's selection.[{{cite web|title=It was 3-2 in Sachin's favour for 1989 Pak tour: Selector Akash Lal|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/sachin%20tendulkar%20retires/it-was-3-2-in-sachin-s-favour-for-1989-pak-tour-selector-akash-lal_770549.html|publisher=Zee News|access-date=30 December 2015}}][{{cite web|title=Cricket ignores man who backed Sachin's inclusion|date=6 November 2013 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/cricket-ignores-man-who-backed-sachin-s-inclusion/story-m2NrXK1dyiIBD8Wx4YQbDJ.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|access-date=30 December 2015}}]
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{cricinfo|id=26654}}
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Category:1940 births
Category:Living people
Category:Indian cricketers
Category:20th-century Indian sportsmen
Category:Delhi cricketers
Category:Punjab, India cricketers
Category:Patiala cricketers
Category:North Zone cricketers
Category:India national cricket team selectors
Category:People from Kapurthala
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