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Muni Lal

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Muni Lal
Personal information
Full name
Dhir Muni Lal
Born(1913-01-11)11 January 1913
Lahore, India
Died8 January 1990(1990-01-08) (aged 76)
Noida, India
BattingRight-handed
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934/35–1945/46Northern India
1935/36–1943/44Southern Punjab
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 20
Runs scored 815
Batting average 23.97
100s/50s 0/5
Top score 90
Balls bowled 12
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 January 2022

Dhir Muni Lal (11 January 1913 – 8 January 1990) was an Indian diplomat and first class cricketer.[1]

Lal was a right-handed opening batsman and played his cricket with both Southern Punjab and Northern India. He played a two-day match against M.C.C. in 1933-34 and his last first class match was against West Indies in 1948-49. Lal also played for the Punjab University, Lahore.[2] He made five first-class half centuries, with his highest score of 90 made in the 1937-38 Ranji Trophy. Outside the playing field, he was the editor of Crickinia, an early Indian cricket annual. His son Akash Lal was a first class cricketer, cricket administrator and commentator while his nephew Arun Lal played Test cricket for India.

Muni Lal had a distinguished academic and diplomatic career. He completed M.Phil. in University of the Punjab in 1935. He worked for the Civil and Military Gazette till 1947. After the partition of India, he joined the Indian Foreign Service. He served in Pakistan, Australia, United States, Indonesia and the United Kingdom. He was the High commissioner to West Indies and ambassador to Somalia.[2] In his last first class match, Lal had scored 0 and 4, dismissed in both innings by Gerry Gomez.[3] When he moved to Trinidad as the high commissioner, Gomez was one of the first people who he met there.[4]

During a burglary at his home in 1990, Lal and his wife were murdered by the intruders.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ CricketArchive profile
  2. ^ a b Obituary in Indian Cricket 1990, p.724
  3. ^ North Zone v West Indians, 3–6 November 1948
  4. ^ Stollmeyer, Jeff, Everything Under the Sun (1983), p.62
  5. ^ ACSSI Yearbook 1989-90
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