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{{Indian name|Indravijaysinhji|Dilawarsinhji}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Indravijaysinhji
| image =
| image_size =
| country = India
| fullname = Indravijaysinhji
| birth_date = 24 April 1915
| birth_place = [[Jamnagar]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 14 June 1981 (aged 66)
| death_place = [[Jamnagar]], [[Gujarat]],<br>[[India]]
| batting =
| bowling =
| club1 = [[Western India cricket team|Western India]]
| year1 = 1935
| club2 = [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]
| year2 = 1936–1943
| club3 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| year3 = 1953
| family = [[#Family tree|(see below)]]
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 28
| runs1 = 1039
| bat avg1 = 25.97
| 100s/50s1 = 1/3
| top score1 = 121*
| deliveries1 = 42
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = n/a
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 0/7
| catches/stumpings1 = 16/-
| date = 17 October
| year = 2014
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39202/39202.html CricketArchive
}}
[[Yuvraj|Rajkumar]] [[Shri]] '''Indravijaysinhji Dilawarsinhji''' [[Jadeja]] (24 April 1915 – 14 June 1981) was an Indian [[cricket]]er. A descendant of the ruling family of [[Nawanagar State]], and a nephew of [[Ranjitsinhji]], who played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]], Indravijaysinhji was introduced to cricket at the [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]] where most of his family had been educated. He went on to play [[Ranji Trophy]] matches for [[Western India cricket team|Western India]], [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]], and [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]], captaining Nawanagar. He also appeared for several combined teams against touring international sides, and finished his career with 28 first-class matches and a single first-class [[Century (cricket)|century]].

==Early life and family==
Indravijaysinhji was a son of [[Maharaj]] [[Shri]] Dilawarsinhji (1883–1930). His father's family were prominent in [[Sarodar]] (or Sadodar), a village in Nawanagar State on [[Gujarat]]'s [[Kathiawar]] peninsula. His paternal grandfather was descended from the [[Jam Sahib]]s of Nawanagar, and his paternal grandmother was a daughter of [[Takht Singh|Takhatsinhji]], the [[Maharaja]] of [[Jodhpur]]. Indravijaysinhji was educated at the [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot|Rajkumar College]] in neighbouring [[Rajkot State]]. The family were prominent in cricketing circles – his uncle, Ranjitsinhji, and first cousin, [[Duleepsinhji]], played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]], while three other first cousins played [[first-class cricket]]. Indravijaysinhji was briefly an officer in the [[British Indian Army]], with the rank of lieutenant.{{cn|date=June 2020}}

==Sporting career==
Indravijaysinhji made his first-class cricket debut at the age of 19, during the [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy|inaugural 1934–35 edition]] of the [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39202/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Indravijaysinhji (28)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref> He appeared for a combined [[Western India cricket team|Western India]] side, playing little part in the game,<ref name="rt">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39202/Ranji_Trophy_Matches.html Ranji Trophy matches played by Indrajitsinhji (21)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref> and also played a first-class match for the [[Cricket Club of India]] against [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] late in the season.<ref name="fc"/> Indravijaysinhji played two further matches for Western India in the following season of the Ranji Trophy, under the captaincy of the [[Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji | Ghulam Moinuddin Khan, Nawab KhanSaheb of Manavadar]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15647.html Gujarat v Western India], Ranji Trophy 1935/36 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15655.html Bombay v Western India], Ranji Trophy 1935/36 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref> From the 1936–37 tournament, [[Nawanagar cricket team|a Nawanagar team]] participated, for whom he made most of his first-class appearances.<ref name="fc"/>

A middle or lower-order [[batsman]], Indravijaysinhji's first notable innings came during the final of the [[1936–37 Ranji Trophy]], in which Nawanagar defeated [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] by 256 runs to win its only title. After a [[Duck (cricket)|duck]] in the first innings, he top-scored in the second, making 91 runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16088.html Bengal v Nawanagar], Ranji Trophy 1936/37 (Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref> Indravijaysinhji served as [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of Nawanagar in seven matches, from 1938 to 1941, of which the team won three, drew three, and lost one.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=39202&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=Nawanagar&startseason= Indravijaysinhji as captain in first-class matches where team is Nawanagar] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref> Nawanagar's team at times included Indravijaysinhji; his brothers, Ranvirsinhji, Yadvendrasinhji, Jayendrasinhji. The side's most notable player during this time was [[Vinoo Mankad]], who later played at Test level for India.<ref>For instance, in [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16833.html Nawanagar v Gujarat], Ranji Trophy 1938/39 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref> Playing against [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] during the 1938–39 tournament, Indravijaysinhji scored his only first-class [[Century (cricket)|century]], an innings of 121 [[not out]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16861.html Sind v Nawanagar], Ranji Trophy 1938/39 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref>

Indravijaysinhji's final Ranji Trophy match for Nawanagar came during the 1943–44 season.<ref name="rt"/> Outside of Indian domestic competition, he had also appeared for several combined teams against touring international sides, playing against [[Australian cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1935–36|the touring Australians]] during the 1935–36 season and [[Lord Tennyson's XI cricket team in India in 1937–38|a touring English team]] led by [[Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson|Lord Tennyson]] during the 1937–38 season. Nine years after his previous first-class appearance, now aged 38, Indravijaysinhji played one final match for a [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] team in the 1953–54 Ranji Trophy.<ref name="fc"/> He finished his first-class career with 1,039 runs made at an [[Batting average (cricket)|average]] of 25.97, with no wickets and 16 catches. Indravijaysinhji died in [[Jamnagar]] in June 1981.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39202/39202.html Indravijaysinhji player profile and statistics] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2014.</ref>

{{Descendants of Jivansinhji}}

==References==
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[[Category:1915 births]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Nawanagar cricketers]]
[[Category:People from Jamnagar]]
[[Category:Saurashtra cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Western India cricketers]]

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