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5 unusual facts about Ranjitsinhji


HMIS Jamnagar

Jamnagar was a 576 GRT coaster which was built in 1924 for Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar.

Lance-Corporal Jack Jones

It is also noted that Jones once kept wicket behind the great cricketer Ranjitsinhji, who was "an Indian gentleman and upstanding man" until he "whipped his bails off".

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

K. S. Ranjitsinhji, also known as Maharaja Ranjitsinhji (1872–1933), Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, India and cricketer

Malcolm Jardine

K. S. Ranjitsinhji, who was in the crowd at Lord's, would develop the leg glance and make it respectable within a few years, but he had not yet made his first-class debut in 1892.

Ranji Trophy

The competition is named after England and Sussex cricketer Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, also known as "Ranji").


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