Lalchand Rajput
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| Full name | Lalchand Sitaram Rajput | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 December 1961 Bombay, Maharashtra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, Coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: , 4 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lalchand Sitaram Rajput 
pronunciation (born December 18, 1961, Bombay, Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer.
He played in two Tests and four ODIs from 1985 to 1987. Lalchand Rajput was assigned the task as a manager of Indian cricket team for a brief period. He has been actively involved in cricket administration over the past several years, including holding positions with the Mumbai Cricket Association.
Playing Career
Rajput had a distinguished career as an opening batsman for Bombay, and at one time was considered one of the best openers in India after Sunil Gavaskar. However, he did not translate his promise and success at the domestic level to the international arena, in the limited opportunities he had. He was an occasional off-spinner.
Coaching Career
He attended a coaching clinic held at Bangalore in April 2007.[1] He was coach of Under-19 Indian Cricket Team during the tour of England.[2] Rajput was appointed as the manager of the winning Indian cricket team for the Twenty20 World Championship 2007 held in South Africa.
Rajput was the coach of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2008. He was caught on camera laughing when Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth after a match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab. The BCCI expressed it was shameful that Rajput was laughing on witnessing the incident.[3] It was expected that BCCI would take strong action against Rajput.
In June 2016, Rajput was named as head coach of Afghanistan Cricket Team replacing Pakistan's Inzamam ul Haq and his first tour with team will be tour of Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands in July and August. He was chosen ahead of Mohammad Yousuf, Herschelle Gibbs and Corey Collymore[4] Rajput is in line for a two-year contract, but that decision would be finalised after the upcoming tour of Europe.
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