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
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

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

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