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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Akash Lal<br />
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| country = India<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|10|6|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kapurthala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<br />
| heightft = <br />
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| heightm = <br />
| family = [[Muni Lal]] (father), [[Arun Lal]] (cousin), [[Jagdish Lal]] (uncle)<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling =<br />
| role = [[Opening batsman]]<br />
| club1 = [[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]]<br />
| year1 = 1957/58<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| club2 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]<br />
| year2 = 1959/60–1968/69<br />
| clubnumber2 = <br />
| club3 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]<br />
| year3 = 1969/70–1975/76<br />
| clubnumber3 = <br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 94<br />
| runs1 = 5,622<br />
| bat avg1 = 41.64<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 15/26<br />
| top score1 = 209*<br />
| deliveries1 = 447<br />
| wickets1 = 6<br />
| bowl avg1 = 50.50<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 2/21<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 55/–<br />
| date = 30 December<br />
| year = 2015<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26654.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Akash Lal''' (born 6 October 1940) is a former Indian [[first-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er who mainly played for [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] and [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]], and a former [[India national cricket team selectors|Indian team selector]].<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Akash Lal was born on 6 October 1940 in [[Kapurthala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. His father [[Muni Lal]] was also a first-class cricketer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muni Lal |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39984/39984.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> His uncle [[Jagdish Lal]], father of Indian cricketer [[Arun Lal]], had also played first-class cricket for various teams.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jagdish Lal |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39259/39259.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref><br />
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Lal was a right-handed [[opening batsman]] who made his first-class debut for [[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]] 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]]' spin bowling and a dropped catch, he was not selected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Akash Lal|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/26654.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> He moved to Punjab before the 1969/70 season and represented them until the 1975/76 season.<br />
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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]] in the Indian team at the age of 16 for his first international tour against Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|title=An emotional Akash Lal reminisces the day he selected Sachin|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/akash-lal-selector-sachin-tendulkar-retirement/1/314130.html|publisher=India Today|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> Lal was one of the three members of the panel who voted in favour of Tendulkar's selection.<ref>{{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|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cricket ignores man who backed Sachin’s inclusion|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/cricket-ignores-man-who-backed-sachin-s-inclusion/story-m2NrXK1dyiIBD8Wx4YQbDJ.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/26654.html}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/38/38072/38072.html}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Delhi cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab, India cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Patiala cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:North Zone cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:India national cricket team selectors]]<br />
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