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Lall Singh (born December 16, 1909, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia - died November 19, 1985, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia) was an early Indian Test cricketer.

Lall Singh's fame rests on his brilliant fielding which he displayed in India's first Test tour of England in 1932. He played in the only Test of the series and ran out Frank Woolley. In the second innings, he scored 29 and added 74 runs in 40 minutes with Amar Singh. He was an aggressive batsman with an uncertain defense.

During this tour, Harold Larwood had a bet with team-mate Bill Voce over who would be the first knock off Lall Singh's colourful turban. Different versions of this story exists, but David Frith writes that a film exists of the 'wretched batsman' being carried off the field with a bump on his head of the size of a lemon.

Singh was considered for the Tests against England in 1933-34, but English captain Douglas Jardine objected to it on the grounds that he was more of a Malaysian.

Mihir Bose writes that nobody is quite sure where Singh was born, but Kuala Lampur is the closest description. ''So exotic was he that there were stories of his running a nightclub in Paris. The truth was more prosaic. He lived out his life as a groundsman in Kuala Lampur''