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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian prince
Maharaja of Nawanagar
cricketer
human
alsoKnownAs Ranjitsinhji
surface form: Ranji
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 NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jadeja Rajput
firstClassBattingAverage 56.37
firstClassCenturies 72
firstClassMatchesPlayed 307
firstClassRunsScored 24592
fullName Ranjitsinhji self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
givenName Ranjitsinhji self-link
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 of Nawanagar
surface form: Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar
wrote The Jubilee Book of Cricket

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Jam Sahib hasNotableBearer Ranjitsinhji
Jam Sahib hasNotableBearer Ranjitsinhji
this entity surface form: Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
Jam Sahib hasNotableBearer Ranjitsinhji
this entity surface form: Jamsaheb Ranjitsinhji
Nawanagar State notableRuler Ranjitsinhji
Ranjitsinhji fullName Ranjitsinhji self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
Ranjitsinhji alsoKnownAs Ranjitsinhji
this entity surface form: Ranji
Ranjitsinhji givenName Ranjitsinhji self-link
Maharaja of Nawanagar positionHeldBy Ranjitsinhji
this entity surface form: Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
Maharaja of Nawanagar positionHeldBy Ranjitsinhji
this entity surface form: K. S. Ranjitsinhji
Maharaja of Nawanagar positionHeldBy Ranjitsinhji
this entity surface form: Jam Saheb Ranjitsinhji
Maharaja of Nawanagar hasNotableOfficeHolder Ranjitsinhji
this entity surface form: Ranjitsinhji, famous cricketer
K. S. Duleepsinhji relative Ranjitsinhji
K. S. Duleepsinhji notableRelative Ranjitsinhji