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{{Short description|Indian cricketer (1935–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Malhotra Chamanlal
| image =
| country =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|14|1935|9|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Ludhiana, Punjab, India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| club1 = [[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]]
| year1 = 1952-53 to 1957-58
| club2 = [[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]]
| year2 = 1962-63 to 1967-68
| club3 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| year3 = 1968-69 to 1970-71
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 46
| runs1 = 2418
| bat avg1 = 37.78
| 100s/50s1 = 4/12
| top score1 = 141 not out
| deliveries1 =
| wickets1 = 42
| bowl avg1 = 38.30
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/46
| catches/stumpings1 = 32/0
| date = 4 April
| year = 2015
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27854.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Malhotra Chamanlal''', also known as '''Chaman Lal Malhotra''' or just '''Chamanlal''' (5 September 1935 – 14 February 2020) was an Indian cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] from 1952 to 1970. In a minor match in [[Patiala]] in 1956-57 he made 502 not out.

==Early career==
Chamanlal made his first-class debut in 1952-53 for [[Eastern Punjab cricket team|Eastern Punjab]] and played a few more games in subsequent seasons. He also opened the batting for Punjab University in the [[Rohinton Baria Trophy]] from 1953-54 to 1955-56.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miscellaneous matches played by Chamanlal|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38485/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 April 2015}}</ref>

In 1956-57, playing in Patiala for [[Mohindra College]], [[Patiala]], against Government College, [[Rupar]], he scored 502 not out. He is still one of only seven players to score 500 or more in a cricket match anywhere in the world, but his score was never an Indian record, as [[Dadabhoy Havewala]] had scored 515 in a match in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in 1933-34.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282840.html| title = Most runs in an innings - minor cricket| publisher = Cricinfo| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref>

In 1957-58 he captained Eastern Punjab, scoring 182 runs at an average of 30.33 and taking 5 wickets at 41.80 in a team that lost all three matches.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1957-58.html| title = Ranji Trophy 1957-58| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref> He then spent time in England furthering his engineering studies and experience.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010430/ldh3.htm| title = Captain wants more for city cricket| publisher = Ludhiana Tribune| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref>

==Captaincy of Northern Punjab==
Chamanlal next played first-class cricket in 1962-63, by which time the Eastern Punjab team had been disbanded, and he captained its successor team, [[Northern Punjab cricket team|Northern Punjab]], in the [[Ranji Trophy]]. In his first match he scored 131 not out, his first century, against [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25814.html| title = Jammu and Kashmir v Northern Punjab 1962-63| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref> In 1963-64 he was one of the leading batsmen in the Ranji Trophy, with 414 runs at 69.00, including another century (138)
against Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy batting averages 1963-64|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1963-64/Batting_by_Average.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 April 2015}}</ref> He played for [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]] in 1963-64, in the match against the touring [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]]. In 1964-65, still captaining Northern Punjab, he made his highest score, 141 not out, against [[Railways cricket team|Railways]]. In the same match he also took his best bowling figures, 4 for 46, in Railways' first innings.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27116.html| title = Northern Punjab v Railways 1964-65| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref>

In all 23 matches that he played for Northern Punjab between 1962–63 and 1967–68, captaining the side in every match, he made 1615 runs at an average of 55.68, and scored all four of his first-class centuries.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38485/f_Batting_by_Team.html| title = Chamanlal batting for each team| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref> He also took 24 wickets at 30.25.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38485/f_Bowling_by_Team.html| title = Chamanlal bowling for each team| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref>

==Later career==
Northern Punjab and [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] combined after 1967-68 to form [[Punjab cricket team (India)|a united Punjab team]]. [[Rajinder Pal]] was the inaugural captain, but Chamanlal took over the captaincy in 1969-70 and 1970-71. Punjab made the Ranji Trophy finals for the first time in 1970-71.

He was later an administrator and selector for the Punjab Cricket Association.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010430/ldh3.htm| title = Captain wants more for city cricket| publisher = Ludhiana Tribune| accessdate = 6 April 2015}}</ref> He died in February 2020, aged 84. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Punjab cricketer Chaman Lal dies |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/former-punjab-cricketer-chaman-lal-dies-42445 |website=Tribune India |accessdate=19 February 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38485/38485.html Malhotra Chamanlal at CricketArchive]
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27854.html Chamanlal] at [[Cricinfo]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chamanlal, Malhotra}}
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Ludhiana]]
[[Category:Eastern Punjab cricketers]]
[[Category:Northern Punjab cricketers]]
[[Category:North Zone cricketers]]
[[Category:Punjab, India cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]

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