| Ranvirsinhji | |
| Country: | India |
| Birth Date: | 7 October 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Nawanagar, British India |
| Death Place: | India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-pace |
| Club1: | Nawanagar |
| Year1: | 1936-37 to 1946-47 |
| Club2: | Services |
| Year2: | 1950-51 to 1951-52 |
| Family: | (see below) |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 30 |
| Runs1: | 834 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.37 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 53 |
| Deliveries1: | 1527 |
| Wickets1: | 27 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.70 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/84 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 19/– |
| Date: | 13 December |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11451/11451.html CricketArchive |
Maharaj Shri Ranvirsinhji (7 October 1919 – 4 April 1962), a member of the Jamnagar royal family, played first-class cricket in India from 1936 to 1952. He toured Australia with the Indian team in 1947-48 but did not play Test cricket.
Ranvirsinhji made his first-class debut in 1936–37 at the age of 17, and played in the Nawanagar team that won the Ranji Trophy final a few months later, along with his brother Indravijaysinhji and their cousin Yadvendrasinhji.[1] In 1937-38 he made his highest score, 53, opening the batting for Nawanagar in an innings victory over Sind.[2]
He made 31 (top score) and 43 and took 6 for 84 when Nawanagar lost by an innings to Bombay in the Ranji Trophy in 1946–47.[3] But overall, in three matches in 1946-47 he scored only 137 runs at an average of 27.40,[4] and he was a surprise late inclusion in the Indian team that toured Australia in 1947-48.[5] In his first match of the tour, against New South Wales, he was injured when a ball from Ray Lindwall struck him on the knee.[6] Later on the tour he had trouble with his eyes, and a specialist in Melbourne had a pair of spectacles made for him.[7] He played only two first-class matches and was the only member of the 17-man team who did not play any of the Tests.
After the tour he did not play first-class cricket until 1950–51, when he returned to play for two unsuccessful seasons with Services.
His son Prahlad Singh played five matches for Saurashtra from 1958 to 1967.[8]