Ranjitsinhji

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Ranjitsinhji was a celebrated early 20th-century cricketer and Indian prince of Nawanagar, renowned for revolutionizing batting technique and becoming one of the sport’s first global stars.

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instanceOf Indian prince ⓘ
Maharaja of Nawanagar ⓘ
cricketer ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ranji ⓘ
linked to: Ranjitsinhji
battingStyle right-handed batsman ⓘ
birthCountry India ⓘ
birthDate 1872-09-10 ⓘ
birthPlace Sarodar ⓘ
birthRegion Kathiawar ⓘ
bowlingStyle right-arm medium ⓘ
commemoratedBy Ranji Trophy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathCountry India ⓘ
deathDate 1933-04-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Jamnagar ⓘ
deathRegion Nawanagar ⓘ
education Rajkumar College, Rajkot ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jadeja Rajput ⓘ
firstClassBattingAverage 56.37 ⓘ
firstClassCenturies 72 ⓘ
firstClassMatchesPlayed 307 ⓘ
firstClassRunsScored 24592 ⓘ
fullName Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
linked to: Ranjitsinhji
givenName Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
honour Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India ⓘ
inspiredCompetition Ranji Trophy ⓘ
knownFor being one of cricket’s first global stars ⓘ
popularizing the leg glance stroke ⓘ
revolutionizing batting technique ⓘ
monarchPredecessor Jaswantsinhji ⓘ
monarchSuccessor Digvijaysinhji ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
cricketer ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
playedForTeam Cambridge University Cricket Club ⓘ
England cricket team ⓘ
Hindus cricket team ⓘ
Sussex County Cricket Club ⓘ
reignEnd 1933 ⓘ
reignStart 1907 ⓘ
ruledTerritory Nawanagar State ⓘ
sport cricket ⓘ
testBattingAverage 44.95 ⓘ
testCenturies 2 ⓘ
testDebutAgainst Australia ⓘ
testDebutDate 1896-07-16 ⓘ
testDebutFor England ⓘ
testMatchesPlayed 15 ⓘ
testRunsScored 989 ⓘ
title Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar ⓘ
wrote The Jubilee Book of Cricket ⓘ

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Jam Sahib → hasNotableBearer → Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
Jam Sahib → hasNotableBearer → Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
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Jam Sahib → hasNotableBearer → Jamsaheb Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
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Nawanagar State → notableRuler → Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
Ranjitsinhji → fullName → Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
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Ranjitsinhji → alsoKnownAs → Ranji ⓘ
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Ranjitsinhji → givenName → Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
Maharaja of Nawanagar → positionHeldBy → Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
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Maharaja of Nawanagar → positionHeldBy → K. S. Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
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Maharaja of Nawanagar → positionHeldBy → Jam Saheb Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
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Maharaja of Nawanagar → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Ranjitsinhji, famous cricketer ⓘ
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K. S. Duleepsinhji → relative → Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
K. S. Duleepsinhji → notableRelative → Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
Ranji Trophy → namedAfter → Ranjitsinhji ⓘ
Ranji Trophy → alsoKnownAs → Ranji ⓘ
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