Arun Lal

Arun Lal (born 26 August 1985) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Lal is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Quetta, Balochistan.

Lal made his first-class debut in the 2001/02 Pakistani domestic season. He made his List A debut for Quetta Bears against Multan Tigers in the ABN-AMRO Cup in January 2005, and made his Twenty20 debut for the side against Rawalpindi Rams in the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup in April 2005. He also played for Quetta Bears, Pakistan Navy, Quetta Region, Quetta Under-19s, North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan, Baluchistan, Quetta, Dewan Farooq Motor Limited, Rest of Baluchistan and United Bank Limited. The following month, he scored 52 and shared a 97-run fifth-wicket partnership with Shoaib Khan against Hyderabad. In December 2009, he made a career-best 98 in Quetta's second innings against Karachi Blues, adding 224 for the sixth wicket with Shoaib Khan to help save the match.

Lal's most notable bowling performance came against Multan in the 2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two, when he took match figures of 11 for 94, including 6 for 36 in the second innings, as Quetta won by an innings and 80 runs. Late in his career, he made an unbeaten 73 for Quetta Bears against Karachi Zebras in the 2014–15 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Silver League. He continued to represent Quetta in Twenty20 cricket until 2015.

During his career, Lal played 79 first-class matches and took 200 wickets at a bowling average of 33.95, with best figures of 7/87, while taking 8 five-wicket hauls and 1 10-wicket match haul.