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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Ranvirsinhji<br />
| image = <br />
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| country = India<br />
| fullname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|10|7|df=yes}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Jamnagar|Nawanagar]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1962|4|4|1919|10|7}}<br />
| death_place = India <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium-pace<br />
| club1 = [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]<br />
| year1 = 1936-37 to 1946-47<br />
| club2 = [[Services cricket team|Services]]<br />
| year2 = 1950-51 to 1951-52<br />
| family = [[#Family tree|(see below)]]<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 30<br />
| runs1 = 834<br />
| bat avg1 = 17.37<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 53<br />
| deliveries1 = 1527<br />
| wickets1 = 27<br />
| bowl avg1 = 26.70<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 6/84<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 19/–<br />
| date = 13 December<br />
| year = 2014<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11451/11451.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
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 cricket team in Australia in 1947–48|Indian team in 1947-48]] but did not play [[Test cricket]].<br />
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Ranvirsinhji made his first-class debut in 1936–37 at the age of 17, and played in the [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]] team that won the [[Ranji Trophy]] final a few months later, along with his brother [[Indravijaysinhji]] and their cousin [[Yadvendrasinhji]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16088.html Bengal v Nawanagar 1936-37]</ref> In 1937-38 he made his highest score, 53, opening the batting for Nawanagar in an innings victory over [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16437.html Nawanagar v Sind 1937-38]</ref><br />
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He made 31 (top score) and 43 and took 6 for 84 when Nawanagar lost by an innings to [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1946–47.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17897.html Bombay v Nawanagar 1946-47]</ref> But overall, in three matches in 1946-47 he scored only 137 runs at an average of 27.40,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11451/f_Batting_by_Season.html Ranvirsinhji batting by season]</ref> and he was a surprise late inclusion in the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1947–48|Indian team that toured Australia in 1947-48]].<ref>Sujit Mukherjee, ''Playing for India'', Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1988, p. 123.</ref> In his first match of the tour, against [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]], he was injured when a ball from [[Ray Lindwall]] struck him on the knee.<ref>''[[The Courier-Mail]]'', 12 November 1947, p. 7.</ref> Later on the tour he had trouble with his eyes, and a specialist in Melbourne had a pair of spectacles made for him.<ref>''[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|Daily News]]'', 21 February 1948, p. 16.</ref> 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.<br />
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After the tour he did not play first-class cricket until 1950–51, when he returned to play for two unsuccessful seasons with [[Services cricket team|Services]].<br />
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His son Prahlad Singh played five matches for [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] from 1958 to 1967.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40393/40393.html Prahlad Singh at CricketArchive]</ref><br />
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==Family tree==<br />
{{Descendants of Jivansinhji}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11451/11451.html Ranvirsinhji at CricketArchive]<br />
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