Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai pronunciationⓘ (1 April 1902 – 29 January 1968) was a major figure in Indian cricket between the wars.
He captained Bombay to the title in the first-ever Ranji Trophy championship.
Because of the Hindu Gymkhana's opposition in protest against the jailing of Indian political leaders, Jai along with Vijay Merchant and Champak Mehta were unavailable for trial matches to select the Indian team that tours England in 1932.
As was the case with cricketers prior to commercial sponsorships, Jai was employed by the Imperial Bank of India, later State Bank of India, by way of a job for life.
He became an eminent philatelist, being in a position to "rescue" every stamped envelope that came to the bank every day.