Draft:Amikar Dayal

Amikar Dayal (born 31 January 1967) is a former captain of the Under -19 Indian Cricket team. He was a left-hand batsman and a right-arm bowler and all-rounder. Amikar Dayal captained India Youth Cricket Team, India Under-19, and Under-22 from 1984-1987, in Test and One Day matches. He played the Ranji Trophy for Bihar  and Tripura  from 1985-1998 (Record holder for Ranji Trophy Opening Partnership). Dayal runs the oldest Cricket Academy in Bihar, named the Cricket Academy of Bihar and the Amikar Dayal Center from Cricket Excellence at his alma mater St. Xavier's School, Patna.

Dayal played in England as a ‘professional overseas cricketer’ in the premier English county league from 1984 to 1995. He is a Technical Advising Panel member for the development of Nalanda International Cricket Stadium along with the Principal Secretary, Govt, of Bihar.

First class career
Dayal started his First-class cricket career for the Bihar cricket team, Bihar in 1982–83 at the age of 12, during his school days at St. Xavier's High School, Patna. His career-best score was 174 against the West Bengal cricket team, West Bengal in the 1986 Ranji Trophy. His career spans in domestic cricket from 1982-1998.

Involvement in cricket associations
Dayal was a member of the Ad hoc Committee for the running of Cricket in Bihar for the Bihar Cricket Association in 2010. He remained the ICA representative in the Bihar Cricket Association till 2022.

Ranji Trophy Selector
Ranji Trophy Selector for Bihar and Jharkhand in 2006.

Founder Chairman of Cricket Academy of Bihar
Dayal founded the Cricket Academy of Biharin the south-eastern outer ground of Moin-ul Haq Stadium in Patna in 2000.

Dayal is also the brand ambassador for Patna Municipal Corporation's Swachh Survekshan cleanliness drive.