reached Patiala in 1931 and in the company of Maharajah Bupindar Singh developed his lifelong love for the 'Patiala Peg'. The next year Lall Singh was selected for India's inaugural tour to England in 1932. The Captain of the team was to be Maharajah Bhupindar Singh but a few weeks before the departure of the team, he fell ill and the Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji, the Maharajah of Porbundar replaced him as captain. In 1934-35, Lall Singh represented Hindus in the Bombay Quadrangular tournament and South Punjab in the inaugural Ranji Trophy. The South Punjab team was led by the Maharajah of Patiala Bhupindar Singh. Notable players who played alongside the Maharajah and Lall Singh were Lala Amarnath, Mohammad Saeed, Nazir Ali and Nissar Mohammad. In the first match against United Provinces, batting at number 8, Lall Singh scored 56, the highest in the Southern Punjab's only innings. He represented India in an unofficial 'Test' at Bombay against Jack Ryder's Australian side in 1935-36. Lall Singh's sole first-class hundred (107 not out) came in the 1935-36 Bombay Quadrangular Tournament for Hindus against Parsees at Gymkhana Ground, Bombay. Walking in with his team's score at 99-6, he shared an unbeaten stand of 132 for 8th wicket with a somewhat subdued, Vijay Merchant (30 not out). Maharajah Bhupindar Singh was very fond of Lall Singh and this closeness of Lall Singh to the Maharajah gave rise to many enemies, as a result of which, there was an attempt on the life of Lall Singh in 1936. He was seriously injured but survived. After recovery, with the permission of Maharajah Bhupindar Singh, he left for Paris in 1936. Falling in Love and Paris While in India, he met Myrtle Watkins, an Afro-American singer, who was performing at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay. After recovering from his injuries, he and Myrtle proceeded to Paris, where Lall Singh opened a night club for Myrtle to perform nightly. The money to open the night club was sent to Lall Singh by his mother. From Paris he send a studio photograph of himself and Myrtle to the family, behind which he had written, ‘This is she and this is me ….. very soon and we might be three’. Unfortunately, this affair did not last long and Myrtel and Lall Singh parted ways and selling off his night club he returned to Malaya in August 1939. The following month