Santosh Lal (4 December 1983 – 17 July 2013) was an Indian

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er. He played eight first-class matches for

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

between 2004 and 2008. He was a childhood friend of

MS Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni (; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper batsmen and captains and one of the greatest O ...

, whom he taught how to play the helicopter shot. Lal died of

pancreatitis Pancreatitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a large organ behind the stomach that produces digestive enzymes and a number of hormone A hormone (from the Ancient Greek, Greek participle , "se ...

aged 29.

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* 1983 births 2013 deaths Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Jharkhand cricketers Sportspeople from Ranchi Cricketers from Jharkhand Deaths from pancreatitis {{India-cricket-bio-1980s-stub