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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2014}}
{{Indian name|Sukhdevsinhji|Rajendrasinhji}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Sukhdevsinhji
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| country = India
| fullname = Sukhdevsinhji
| birth_date = 6 June 1936
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| batting =
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| club1 = [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| year1 = 1953
| family = [[#Family tree|(see below)]]
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 3
| bat avg1 = 3.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 3
| hidedeliveries = true
| deliveries1 = 0
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| fivefor1 = 0
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| best bowling1 = 0/7
| catches/stumpings1 = 16/-
| date = 17 October
| year = 2014
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41108/41108.html CricketArchive
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[[Yuvraj|Rajkumar]] [[Shri]] '''Sukhdevsinhji Rajendrasinhji''' [[Jadeja]] (born 6 June 1936), known professionally as '''R. K. Sukhdevsinhji''', is an Indian businessman and former [[cricket]]er. Sukhdevsinhji played a single [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match for [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]] during the 1953–54 season, aged 17. His father, General Rajendrasinhji, was descended from the ruling family of [[Nawanagar State]], and many other members of his family played cricket at high levels. Sukhdevsinhji later studied economics at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]], and has held a variety of positions with companies in India's oil and gas sector, most notably as chairman of [[Bharat Petroleum]].

==Early life and family==
SukhdSukhdevsinhji's father, General [[Rajendrasinhji Jadeja|Rajendrasinhji]], was a high-ranking officer in the post-independence [[Indian Army]], and was both the last Commander-in-Chief and the first [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]. Descended from the [[Jam Sahib]]s of Nawanagar, his father's family were prominent in [[Sarodar]] (or Sadodar), a village in Nawanagar State on [[Gujarat]]'s [[Kathiawar]] peninsula. Ranitsinhji had played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]], and a number of other members of the family played cricket. As with his father and most other male members of his family, Sukhdevsinhji schooling was at the [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot|Rajkumar College]] in [[Rajkot]].<ref>Sukhdevsinhji was at one stage president of the school's Old Boys' Association. [http://www.rkcians.com/news_oba_meeting_15062004.php General Body meeting of the Old Boys' Association – 2004] – The Rajkumar College Alumni Web Site. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref>

==Sporting career==
A representative [[Commonwealth XI cricket team]], captained by Australian [[Ben Barnett]], [[Commonwealth XI cricket team in India in 1953–54|toured India during the 1953–54 season]]. The tour began in [[western India]], with the team's third match coming against [[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]], a [[Ranji Trophy]] side sponsored by and featuring [[Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad]], the ruling [[Gaekwad dynasty|Maharajah Gaekwad]] of [[Baroda State]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Commonwealth_XI_in_India_1953-54.html Commonwealth XI in India 1953/54] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref> Aged 17, Sukhdevsinhji was selected to appear for Baroda in the match, in what was to be his only game at first-class level.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41108/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Sukhdevsinhji (1)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref> Batting ninth in Baroda's first innings, he made three runs before being dismissed by [[Jim McConnon]], who played two Tests for England the following season.<ref name="Baroda v Commonwealth XI">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20890.html Baroda v Commonwealth XI], Commonwealth XI in India 1953/54 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref> [[Vijay Hazare]], Baroda's captain and a Test player for India, scored 175 [[not out]] in the same innings, and he and Sukhdevsinhji featured in an 18-run [[Partnership (cricket)|partnership]] for the eighth wicket. However, the match finished in a draw after three days.<ref name="Baroda v Commonwealth XI"/> Sukhdevsinhji remained involved in cricket long after the conclusion of his playing career, and at one stage was on the executive committee of the [[Cricket Club of India]].

==Business career==
Sukhdevsinhji attended [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] at the [[University of Delhi]], studying economics. He was initially employed with India's [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas]], and served as a director of the ministry's Oil Coordination Committee (OCC).<ref>[http://www.asahisongwon.com/Annual_%20Report_%202013-14.pdf Annual Report 2013–14] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223531/http://www.asahisongwon.com/Annual_%20Report_%202013-14.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }} – Asahi Songwon Colors Limited, p. 16. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref> Sukhdevsinhji has held board-level positions in a number of government corporations and publicly traded companies, including:<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=36256559&ticker=ASAH:IN&previousCapId=876362&previousTitle=SWAN%20ENERGY%20LTD Rajkumar K. Sukhdevsinhji B. A. (Economics)] – Bloomberg Businessweek profile. Retrieved 20 October 2014.</ref>

* Chairman of [[Bharat Petroleum|Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.]] (and previously Managing Director), a state-controlled oil and gas corporation
* Chairman of Jhagadia Copper Ltd., a copper mining firm
* Managing Director of [[Essar Oil|Essar Oil Ltd.]], an oil and gas firm
* Non-Executive Director of Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd., a pigment manufacturing firm
* Non-Executive Director of Swan Energy Ltd., an energy firm

Sukhdevsinhji is married to Vijaylakshmi Kumari, a daughter of [[Rao (Indian surname)|Rao]] Narayan Singh [[Saheb]], the [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]] of Masuda in [[Ajmer-Merwara]].{{cn|date=June 2020}}

{{Descendants of Jivansinhji}}

==References==
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[[Category:1936 births]]
[[Category:Baroda cricketers]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indian chairpersons of corporations]]
[[Category:Indian corporate directors]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Jamnagar]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Gujarat]]
[[Category:St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni]]

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