Suryaveer Singh (23 December 1936 – 6 August 2002) was an Indian

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

er. His brother

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

, cousin

Kumar Indrajitsinhji Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji Madhavsinhji () (15 June 1937 – 12 March 2011) was an Indian cricketer who played in four Tests from 1964 to 1969 as a wicketkeeper-batsman. Early life Indrajitsinhji was born in Jamnagar, Gujarat. He was educated ...

, uncle Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji and great uncle

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, (10 September 1872 – 2 April 1933), often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933, as Ma ...

, all played Test cricket. An opening batsman and wicketkeeper, he succeeded as Maharawal of Banswara in April 1985. Suryaveer Singh made his first class debut for

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in 1958-59. The following season he joined his brother Hanumant in the

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side with whom he became a regular throughout the 1960s. Rajasthan made the Ranji Trophy final seven times with Suryaveer in the team, although they lost all of them to

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.''

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'' 2003, p. 1654. The 1966-67 final in particular was memorable for Singh as he contributed innings of 79 and 132, many of the runs coming in partnership with his brother who scored 109 and 213 not out. At the age of 65 he was killed along with his daughter and two sisters in a car accident.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Suryaveer 1936 births 2002 deaths Indian cricketers Madhya Pradesh cricketers Rajasthan cricketers Central Zone cricketers Wicket-keepers