He was a popular player in Bangladesh's Dhaka Premier League[1] and also represented Ireland in unofficial One Day International matches.

The West might have felt very satisfied with their first innings score of 444, with their captain and Test opener Anshuman Gaekwad making 216.

The hosts ran up 637-3 declared owing much to a first wicket Indian record stand of 464 between Lamba and Ravi Sehgal, who made 216.

[6][7] Lamba appeared for India as a one-day player in the 1986 Australasia Cup final, when he also took a good catch under pressure to dismiss Abdul Qadir off Kapil Dev, where he played as substitute fielder.

[9] Lamba and Krishnamachari Srikkanth were India's openers for the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Cup in 1989.

[7] In 1987 Raman Lamba met his future wife, Irishwoman Kim Michelle Crothers and they were engaged for 3 years before getting married on 7, September 1990.

Lamba died on 23 February 1998[3] in the Post Graduate Hospital in Dhaka in Bangladesh[11] after he was hit on the temple by a cricket ball hit by Mehrab Hossain[12] off left-arm spinner Saifullah Khan while fielding at forward short leg.

The shot was so ferocious that the ball deflected from his head and flew into wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud's gloves.

His wife, Kim, paid him a moving tribute when she put the cap of his local team, Sonnet Club, on Lamba.