Vijay Rajindernath Explained

Vijay Rajindernath
Birth Date:7 January 1928
Birth Place:Amritsar, British India
Death Place:Chennai, India
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Wicketkeeper-batsman
Columns:2
Column1:Tests
Matches1:1
Runs1:
Bat Avg1:
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:0/4
Column2:First-class
Matches2:28
Runs2:844
Bat Avg2:22.21
100S/50S2:1/3
Top Score2:136
Catches/Stumpings2:35/24
International:true
Country:India
Testdebutagainst:Pakistan
Testcap:66
Testdebutdate:13 November
Testdebutyear:1952
Lasttestdate:13 November
Lasttestagainst:Pakistan
Lasttestyear:1952
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/vijay-rajindernath-33027 ESPNcricinfo
Date:10 January
Year:2013

Vijay Rajindernath (; 7 January 1928 – 22 November 1989) was an Indian cricketer.[1]

Career

Rajindernath was one of the four wicket-keepers that India tried against Pakistan in the 1952–53 series. He played in the Third Test at Bombay which India won losing only four wickets. Rajindernath did not bat but effected four stumpings,[2] three of which were off Subhash Gupte.[3] [4] He holds the Test record for the most stumpings in a complete career without a catch.[5] He was replaced by Ebrahim Maka for the next Test.

Rajindernath also played in three unofficial Tests against a touring Commonwealth XI in 1950–51.[6] In December 1950 he hit his only first-class century, when he scored 136 for Bihar in their innings victory over Orissa in the Ranji Trophy.[7]

Rajindernath studied at Government College, Lahore, and took an MA in Hindi from Benares. He worked for Burmah Shell and later with Indo-Nippon batteries in Baroda.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vijay Rajindernath . CricketArchive . 8 May 2022.
  2. Web site: Who has been out stumped most often in Tests? . ESPNcricinfo. 18 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Which Indian batsman made hundreds in five successive Tests this century? . ESPNcricinfo. 19 November 2020.
  4. Web site: 3rd Test, Brabourne, November 13 – 16, 1952, Pakistan tour of India . ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2022.
  5. Book: Walmsley, Keith. Mosts Without in Test Cricket. 2003. Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd. Reading, England . 0947540067. 457. .
  6. Web site: Vijay Rajindernath . ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2022.
  7. Web site: Orissa v Bihar 1950-51 . ESPNcricinfo. 8 May 2022.