Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji Madhavsinhji () (15 June 1937 – 12 March 2011) was an Indian

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er who played in four

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from 1964 to 1969 as a

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-batsman.

Early life

Indrajitsinhji was born in

Jamnagar Jamnagar () is a city and the headquarters of Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch, some west of the state capital, Gandhinagar. The city was the capital of Nawanagar State, Na ...

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. He was educated at the Rajkumar College and St. Stephen's College.

Career

He played

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from 1954 to 1973, for

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and

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. He was one of the first wicketkeepers to pass 100 dismissals (

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) in the

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, and set a record by taking 23 dismissals in the competition in one year in the 1960–61 season. Although an accomplished wicketkeeper in Indian domestic cricket, he was kept out of the

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Farokh Engineer Farokh Maneksha Engineer (born 25 February 1938) is an Indian former cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper-batsman, usually an opening batsman, who represented India in 46 Test matches from 1961 to 1975. In first-class cricket, he played for Bomba ...

and

Budhi Kunderan Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan (born Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderam 2 October 1939 – 23 June 2006) was an Indian cricketer. He played as a wicket keeper for the most of his career, and was an exciting but unorthodox right-handed batsman who ...

. He played in only four

: the three-match series against

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in 1964–65, and one Test against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1969–70 when Engineer was injured. He died in

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

at the age of 73.

Personal life and family

His grandfather, Mohansinhji, was the brother of

Ranjitsinhji Colonel Kumar Sri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, (10 September 1872 – 2 April 1933), often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was an Indian cricketer who later became ruler of his native Indian princely state of Nawanagar State, Nawan ...

and uncle of Duleepsinhji, both of whom also played Test cricket. His cousins included Suryaveer Singh and

Hanumant Singh Hanumant Singh (; 29 March 1939 – 29 November 2006) was an Indian cricketer. He played in 14 Test matches for the Indian cricket team from 1964 to 1969. He was later an International Cricket Council match referee in 9 Tests and 54 One Day In ...

. He was educated at

Rajkumar College, Rajkot The Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Rajkot, Gujarat is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India. RKC has a 28.656-acre (1,15,965 m²) campus in Rajkot. The foundation stone of Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designed by ...

Family tree

External links

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Former wicketkeeper KS Indrajitsinhji dies
ESPNcricinfo, 16 March 2011
Indrajitsinhji: A blue-blooded cricketer who was born at the wrong time

References

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