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	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace
Relations	(see below)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
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. In 1937-38 he made his highest score, 53, opening the batting for Nawanagar in an innings victory over Sind.

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. But overall, in three matches in 1946-47 he scored only 137 runs at an average of 27.40, and he was a surprise late inclusion in the Indian team that toured Australia in 1947-48. 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. Later on the tour he had trouble with his eyes, and a specialist in Melbourne had a pair of spectacles made for him. 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.

Family tree

Descendants of Jivansinhji
Jivansinhji 1846–1916 Devisinhji 1865–? Ranjitsinhji 1872–1933 Juvansinhji 1875–1942 Dilawarsinhji 1883–1930 Mohansinhji 1886–1941 Savaisinhji 1889–? Rajendrasinhji 1899–1964 Pratapsinhji 1893–? Digvijaysinhji 1895–1966 Himmatsinhji 1897–1973 Duleepsinhji 1905–1959 Vikramsinhji Sukhdevsinhji 1936– Daulatsinhji 1935– Chatrapalsinhji 1936–2009 Shatrusalyasinhji 1939– Madhavsinhji Dajirajsinhji 1891–1917 Ajaysinhji 1971– Indravijaysinhji 1915–1981 Ranvirsinhji 1919–1962 Indrajitsinhji 1937–2011 Yadvendrasinhji 1916–?
Notes: Jam Sahibs of Nawanagar are underlined.

External links

• Ranvirsinhji at CricketArchive