Ranvirsinhji

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
Personal information
Born(1919-10-07)7 October 1919
Nawanagar, British India
Died4 April 1962(1962-04-04) (aged 42)
India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Relations(see below)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1936-37 to 1946-47Nawanagar
1950-51 to 1951-52Services
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

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]

Family tree

References
  1. Bengal v Nawanagar 1936-37
  2. Nawanagar v Sind 1937-38
  3. Bombay v Nawanagar 1946-47
  4. Ranvirsinhji batting by season
  5. Sujit Mukherjee, Playing for India, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1988, p. 123.
  6. The Courier-Mail, 12 November 1947, p. 7.
  7. Daily News, 21 February 1948, p. 16.
  8. Prahlad Singh at CricketArchive
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