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.

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.

[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.