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| Full name | Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1902-04-01)1 April 1902 Bombay,Bombay Presidency,British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 January 1968(1968-01-29) (aged 66) Bombay,Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Lallubhai[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 13) | 15 December 1933 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1920–1941 | Hindus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926–1941 | Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jaipronunciationⓘ (1 April 1902 – 29 January 1968) was a major figure inIndian cricket between the wars.[2]
Jai was born in aGujarati family inBombay.[3][4] Jai was a graceful right-handed stroke-player. Most of his finer innings came in theBombay Quadrangular competition. He captainedBombay to the title in the first-everRanji Trophy championship.
Because of theHindu Gymkhana's opposition in protest against the jailing of Indian political leaders, Jai along withVijay Merchant andChampak Mehta were unavailable for trial matches to select the Indian team that toursEngland in 1932.[5] The tour included India's first ever Test match. His only Test was the first ever in India. Hetoured England in 1936 but a broken finger restricted his appearances.
He was a selector in the 1950s, before resigning over a dispute during the1958/59 series againstWest Indies. The trophy awarded to the scorer of the fastest hundred in Ranji trophy every season was named after him.
As was the case with cricketers prior to commercial sponsorships, Jai was employed by theImperial Bank of India, laterState Bank of India, by way of a job for life. This helped to nurture his hobby,philately. He became an eminent philatelist, being in a position to "rescue" every stamped envelope that came to the bank every day. He specialised in British Empire stamps.
Jai was married to Kanta. They had two children. His son Shashikant is a businessman in Nairobi and his daughter Purnima Zaveri is a renowned singer.[6]
Jai died on 29 January 1968 in Bombay fromcardiac arrest.[1]
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