Lalchand Sitaram Rajput (born December 18, 1961, Mumbai

Mumbai

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, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

) is a former Indian cricket

Cricket

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er who played in two Tests

Test cricket

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 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 (MCA).

Lalchand Rajput had a distinguished career as an opening batsman for Mumbai, 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.

He attended a coaching clinic held at Bangalore in April 2007. He was coach of Under-19 Indian Cricket Team during th tour of England. Rajput was appointed as the manager of the winning Indian cricket team for the Twenty20 World Championship 2007 held in South Africa.

Rajput is the coach of the Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians , is a franchise cricket team representing Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. Mumbai Indians are currently led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is the Icon Player for the team and is coached by Robin Singh...

 in the Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...

 2008. He was caught on camera laughing when Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh Plaha , commonly known as Harbhajan Singh, is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner, behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan....

 slapped Sreesanth after a match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab

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. The BCCI

Board of Control for Cricket in India

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expressed it was shameful that Rajput was laughing on witnessing the incident. It is expected that BCCI will take strong action against Rajput.

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