PC_Cricketers13_Ranjitsinghi

PC_Cricketers13_Ranjitsinghi

Ranjitsinghi (1872-1933)

Colonel Kumar Sri Ranjitsinjhi Vibhaji II, often known as Ranji or KS Ranjitsinjhi, was born on 10 September 1872 in Sadodar, a village in  the state of Nawanagar in the western Indian province of Kathiawar.  After his stellar career playing cricket for India and Sussex in England, he later became ruler of his native Indian princely state of Nawanagar.  He died of heart failure on 2 April 1933 and his ashes were scattered over the ricer Ganges.

A full profile and details of Ranji's cricketing career can be found on ESPN Cricinfo at : https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ks-ranjitsinhji-19331.