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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country =
| fullname = Shivajirao Gaekwad
| birth_date = 31 August 1890
| birth_place = [[Baroda]], [[Gujarat]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1919|8|31|1890|8|31}}
| death_place = Baroda, Gujarat, British India
| nickname =
| family = [[K. S. Gaekwar]] (son) [[Khanderao Gaekwar]] (son) [[Dhairyashilrao Gaekwad]] (brother) [[Jitendra Narayan]] (brother-in-law) [[Jagaddipendra Narayan]] (nephew) [[Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad]] (great-nephew) [[Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad|Ranjitsinh Gaekwad]] (great-nephew) [[Sangramsinh Gaekwad]] (great-nephew)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1911
| club2 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year2 = 1911–1913
| club3 = [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]]
| year3 = 1909/10
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 14
| runs1 = 406
| bat avg1 = 15.61
| 100s/50s1 = –/2
| top score1 = 62
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/1
| date = 6 October
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/27276.html Cricinfo
}}

[[Maharajkumar]] '''Shivajirao Gaekwad''' (31 August 1890 – 24 November 1919) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] first-class [[cricket]]er.

Born at [[Baroda]] in [[Gujarat]] in August 1890, to [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] and his wife, [[Maharani Chimnabai]].<ref name="GENE">{{cite web|url=http://www.gaekwadsofbaroda.com/node/2 |title=His Highness Sayajirao Gaekwad III |publisher=www.gaekwadsofbaroda.com |accessdate=2018-10-06}}</ref> He is known to have attended [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|Baroda College]], and [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].{{cn|date=August 2020}} He later continued his education in England, attending the prestigious [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church College]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. Prior to his education in England, Gaekwad had made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at the [[Bombay Gymkhana]] in September 1909.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34164/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Shivajirao Gaekwad |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-06}}</ref>

He played first-class cricket in England in 1910, when he played for the [[Gentlemen of England]] against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]].<ref name="FCM"/> The following year he made his debut for Oxford University in first-class matches, appearing against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[University_Parks#Cricket_ground|Oxford]], with Gaekwad playing for the university four times in 1911.<ref name="FCM"/> 1911 proved to be a busy season of first-class cricket for Gaekwad, with one appearance for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], which was followed by three appearances for the [[India national cricket team|Indians]] against [[county cricket|county opposition]] as part of their [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|1911 tour of the British Isles]].<ref name="FCM"/> He made two first-class appearances for Oxford University in 1912 against the touring [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africans]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australians]].<ref name="FCM"/> He made a final first-class appearance for the university in 1913, against [[HK Foster's XI cricket team|HK Foster's XI]].<ref name="FCM"/>

Returning to India, Gaekwad made his final appearance in first-class cricket for a combined [[Hindus and Muslims cricket team|Hindus and Muslims team]] against a combined [[European and Parsees cricket team|European and Parsees team]].<ref name="FCM"/> Across fourteen first-class appearances, he scored a total of 406 runs, [[batting average (cricket)|averaging]] 15.61, with a high score of 62.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34164/34164.html |title=Player profile: Shivajirao Gaekwad |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-06}}</ref> This was one of two [[half century|half centuries]] he made in first-class cricket. Gaekwad fell ill with pneumonia in 1919, as a result he was admitted to a clinic in Baroda for treatment.<ref name="GENE"/> However, he never recovered from the illness and died in November 1919.<ref name="GENE"/>

Gaekwad came from a large cricketing family, several of whom played at first-class level. This included his two sons, [[K. S. Gaekwar]] and [[Khanderao Gaekwar]]. He also had a daughter with his wife, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Maharajkumari Shakuntala Raje Gaekwad, who was the daughter of the [[Cooch_Behar_State#Maharajas|Maharaja of Cooch-Behar]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27276}}

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[[Category:People from Vadodara]]
[[Category:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni]]
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[[Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
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[[Category:Gentlemen of England cricketers]]
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[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]]

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