Santosh Lal (4 December 1983 – 17 July 2013) was an Indian cricketer.
He played eight first-class matches for Jharkhand between 2004 and 2008.
[1] He was a childhood friend of MS Dhoni, whom he taught how to play the helicopter shot.
Lal died of pancreatitis aged 29.
[2] This biographical article related to an Indian cricket player born in the 1980s is a stub.