Ranvirsinhji

Personal information

Born

7 October 1919
Nawanagar, British India

Died

4 April 1962 (aged 42)
India

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

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.^[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

Descendants of Jivansinhji

Jivansinhji
1846–1916

Devisinhji
1865–?

Ranjitsinhji^{[lower-roman 1]}
1872–1933

Juvansinhji
1875–1942

Dilawarsinhji
1883–1930

Mohansinhji
1886–1941

Savaisinhji
1889–?

Rajendrasinhji
1899–1964

Pratapsinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1893–?

Digvijaysinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1895–1966

Himmatsinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1897–1973

Duleepsinhji^{[lower-roman 1]}
1905–1959

Vikramsinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}

Sukhdevsinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1936–

Daulatsinhji
1935–

Chatrapalsinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1936–2009

Shatrusalyasinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1939–

Madhavsinhji

Dajirajsinhji
1891–1917

Ajaysinhji^{[lower-roman 1]}
1971–

Indravijaysinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1915–1981

Ranvirsinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1919–1962

Indrajitsinhji^{[lower-roman 1]}
1937–2011

Yadvendrasinhji^{[lower-roman 2]}
1916–?

Notes:

1 2 3 4 Test cricketers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First-class cricketers

Jam Sahibs of Nawanagar are underlined.

Sources: World of Royalty, Royal Ark.

References

↑ Bengal v Nawanagar 1936-37
↑ Nawanagar v Sind 1937-38
↑ Bombay v Nawanagar 1946-47
↑ Ranvirsinhji batting by season
↑ Sujit Mukherjee, Playing for India, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1988, p. 123.
↑ The Courier-Mail, 12 November 1947, p. 7.
↑ Daily News, 21 February 1948, p. 16.
↑ Prahlad Singh at Cricket Archive

External links

Ranvirsinhji at Cricket Archive

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