Sunil Lahore

Sunil Lahore
Personal information
Full name Sunil Shamlal Lahore
Born (1965-12-31) 31 December 1965
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1985/86–2000/01 Madhya Pradesh
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 79 19
Runs scored 1,470 50
Batting average 17.29 4.54
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 57 11
Balls bowled 18,781 1,044
Wickets 230 22
Bowling average 31.75 32.31
5 wickets in innings 8 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a
Best bowling 8/100 4/56
Catches/stumpings 30/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 February 2016

Sunil Shamlal Lahore (born 31 December 1965) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Madhya Pradesh between the 1985/86 and 2000/01 seasons. After retirement, he worked as a cricket coach and selector.

Career

Lahore was a slow left-arm orthodox spinner who played for Madhya Pradesh cricket team for 16 seasons from 1985/86 and 2000/01. He appeared in 79 first-class matches in which he took 230 wickets and 19 List A matches in which he had 22 scalps to his name. Lahore was the leading wicket-taker of the 1986–87 Ranji Trophy, his second first-class season, with 32 wickets at an average of 17.62.[1] During his career, he was part of the Madhya Pradesh spin trio (along with leg spinner Narendra Hirwani and off spinner Rajesh Chauhan), with Madhya Pradesh playing most of their home matches on slow tracks.[2] He also played for Central Zone in Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy between 1986/87 and 1991/92.[3]

Lahore continued to be associated with cricket after his playing career. He coached cricketers and also started a cricket academy. He worked as a selector for the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA).[4] He is a life member of MPCA and has worked as a representative of the Association in various meetings.[5]

References

  1. "Bowling in Ranji Trophy 1986/87 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. Khurasiya, Amay (11 April 2008). "No use playing on slow tracks". IBNLive. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. "Sunil Lahore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  4. "Choithram, Bhavans win". The Times of India. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  5. Kidwai, Rasheed (2 August 2012). "MP cricket vote bar on Scindia 16". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2016.


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