PLAYER CAREER

Madan Lal

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

India1974–1987

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	39	62	30	41	1974-06-06	1986-06-19
ODI	64	35	35	28	1974-07-13	1987-03-20

106Internationals

1,443Career runs

0Centuries

144Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 39
Innings: 62
Runs: 1,042
Average: 22.65
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 74
Not outs: 16
100s: 0
50s: 5
Ducks: 7
4s: —
6s: 1
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 39
Innings: 63
Balls: 5,997
Maidens: 188
Runs conceded: 2,846
Wickets: 71
Average: 40.08
Economy: 2.84
Strike rate: 84.46
Best innings: 5/23
Best match: 6/47
4 wickets: 1
5 wickets: 4
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 39
Innings: 66
Catches: 15
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 15
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 15
Dismissals / inns: 0.227
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 67
Innings: 35
Runs: 401
Average: 19.09
Strike rate: 62.17
Highest score: 53*
Not outs: 14
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 1
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 645

Bowling

Matches: 67
Innings: 64
Balls: 3,164
Maidens: —
Runs conceded: 2,137
Wickets: 73
Average: 29.27
Economy: 4.05
Strike rate: 43.34
Best innings: 4/20
Best match: 4/20
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 67
Innings: 65
Catches: 18
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 18
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 18
Dismissals / inns: 0.276
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

105 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1987-03-20	India v Pakistan	ODI	India won
1987-02-18	India v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 2 wickets
1987-01-27	India v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
1987-01-17	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 10 runs
1987-01-13	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
1987-01-11	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 8 wickets
1986-12-24	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
1986-12-05	India v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
1986-11-30	India v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 33 runs
1986-11-27	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 7 wickets
1986-10-07	Australia v India	ODI	Australia won by 7 wickets
1986-10-05	Australia v India	ODI	India won by 52 runs

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

197474 runs
19755 runs
1976246 runs
1977103 runs
198168 runs
1982161 runs
1983343 runs
19840 runs
198642 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19747 wickets
19750 wickets
197610 wickets
197712 wickets
198112 wickets
198216 wickets
198310 wickets
19841 wickets
19863 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1986	1	2	42	22	21.00	38.18	0	6	0	110	2	3	16.00	2.30	41.66
1984	1	1	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0	—	1	1	94.00	3.48	162.00
1983	9	15	343	74	34.30	—	3	—	0	—	12	10	64.90	3.19	121.80
1982	9	10	161	52	23.00	—	1	—	1	—	14	16	55.12	3.49	94.56
1981	3	4	68	44	34.00	44.15	0	7	0	154	6	12	16.33	2.25	43.50
1977	4	8	103	43	12.87	50.73	0	16	0	203	8	12	23.58	2.33	60.66
1976	8	14	246	55	30.75	—	1	—	0	—	13	10	44.90	2.37	113.40
1975	1	2	5	5	2.50	—	0	1	0	—	2	0	N/A	3.00	N/A
1974	3	6	74	48	12.33	—	0	—	0	—	5	7	33.28	2.44	81.57

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

19745 runs
197520 runs
197621 runs
19816 runs
198254 runs
1983153 runs
198422 runs
198518 runs
198663 runs
198739 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19742 wickets
19752 wickets
19760 wickets
19813 wickets
198212 wickets
198325 wickets
19845 wickets
198510 wickets
19869 wickets
19872 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1987	6	2	39	38	19.50	125.80	0	4	1	31	6	2	94.50	4.50	126.00
1986	11	8	63	30	15.75	57.27	0	5	0	110	11	9	41.33	4.50	55.00
1985	7	3	18	11	9.00	33.33	0	2	0	54	7	10	15.80	3.31	28.60
1984	7	4	22	9	7.33	64.70	0	1	0	34	6	5	25.80	3.23	47.80
1983	17	10	153	27	30.60	67.69	0	—	—	226	17	25	25.72	4.02	38.32
1982	8	2	54	53	N/A	71.05	1	4	1	76	8	12	26.41	4.46	35.50
1981	2	1	6	6	6.00	35.29	0	1	0	17	2	3	21.00	3.70	34.00
1976	2	2	21	13	10.50	70.00	0	—	—	30	2	0	N/A	3.89	N/A
1975	2	1	20	20	20.00	45.45	0	4	0	44	2	2	63.00	5.28	71.50
1974	2	2	5	3	5.00	21.73	0	0	0	23	2	2	33.00	3.44	57.50

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1974-06-06
First available scorecard
Test v England · Manchester
1976-02-05
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v New Zealand · Christchurch
1981-11-27
Best recorded bowling · 5/23
Test v England · Wankhede
1983-09-14
Highest recorded innings · 74 runs
Test v Pakistan · Bengaluru
1987-03-20
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Hyderabad (Deccan)