Ranvirsinhji

Ranvirsinhji
Personal information
Born (1919-10-07)7 October 1919
Nawanagar, British India
Died 4 April 1962(1962-04-04) (aged 42)
India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-pace
Relations (see below)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1936-37 to 1946-47 Nawanagar
1950-51 to 1951-52 Services
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 30
Runs scored 834
Batting average 17.37
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 53
Balls bowled 1527
Wickets 27
Bowling average 26.70
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/84
Catches/stumpings 19/-
Source: CricketArchive, 13 December 2014

Maharaj Shri Ranvirsinhji (7 October 1919 – 4 April 1962), a member of the Jamnagar royal family, played first-class cricket in India from 1936 to 1952. He toured Australia with the Indian team in 1947-48 but did not play Test cricket.

Ranvirsinhji made his first-class debut in 1936-37 at the age of 17, and played in the Nawanagar team that won the Ranji Trophy final a few months later, along with his brother Indravijaysinhji and their cousin Yadvendrasinhji.[1] In 1937-38 he made his highest score, 53, opening the batting for Nawanagar in an innings victory over Sind.[2]

He made 31 (top score) and 43 and took 6 for 84 when Nawanagar lost by an innings to Bombay in the Ranji Trophy in 1946-47.[3] But overall, in three matches in 1946-47 he scored only 137 runs at an average of 27.40,[4] and he was a surprise late inclusion in the Indian team that toured Australia in 1947-48.[5] In his first match of the tour, against New South Wales, he was injured when a ball from Ray Lindwall struck him on the knee.[6] Later on the tour he had trouble with his eyes, and a specialist in Melbourne had a pair of spectacles made for him.[7] He played only two first-class matches and was the only member of the 17-man team who did not play any of the Tests.

After the tour he did not play first-class cricket until 1950-51, when he returned to play for two unsuccessful seasons with Services.

His son Prahlad Singh played five matches for Saurashtra from 1958 to 1967.[8]

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