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Indian cricketer

Duleepsinhji

Personal information

Full name

Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji

Born

(1905-06-13)13 June 1905
Nawanagar State,Kathiawar Agency,British India

Died

5 December 1959(1959-12-05) (aged 54)
Bombay,Bombay State,India

Nickname

Mr. Smith^[1]

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-armleg break

International information

National side

England

Test debut (cap 238)

15 June 1929 v South Africa

Last Test

18 August 1931 v New Zealand

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1921–1923

Cheltenham Cricket Club

1925–1928

Cambridge University

1926–1932

Sussex

1928–1929

Hindus

Career statistics

Competition	Test	First-class
Matches	12	205
Runs scored	995	15,485
Batting average	58.52	49.96
100s/50s	3/5	50/64
Top score	173	333
Balls bowled	6	1,835
Wickets	0	28
Bowling average	–	48.03
5 wickets in innings	–	0
10 wickets in match	–	0
Best bowling	–	4/49
Catches/stumpings	10/–	256/–

Source:ESPNcricinfo,1 October 2009

Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji^{[note 1]} (13 June 1905 – 5 December 1959), often known asDuleep orK. S. Duleepsinhji, was an Indian internationalcricketer who represented theEnglish cricket team. He was a right handed batsman and an occasionalleg break bowler. Playing in the era before theIndian Independence and the establishment of theIndian cricket team, he playedfirst class cricket in theUnited Kingdom and later represented the England team.

Descended from theroyal family ofNawanagar, Duleepsinhji was born on theKathiawar peninsula in present-dayGujarat. He was educated at theRajkot, before moving to England where he attendedCheltenham College andCambridge University. He representedSussex in theEnglish county championship, whom he captained later. He was one of the most prolific scorers in first class cricket with more than 15,000 runs including 50 centuries at an average just below 50. He was aslip fielder and took 256 catches. Though he had a shorttest career, he scored 995 runs at an average of 58.52 and has one of the highest averages in the history of test cricket.

Post his cricketing career, Duleepsinhji served as theHigh Commissioner of India inAustralia andNew Zealand and later as the chairman of the Public Service Commission inSaurashtra.Duleep Trophy, one of the premier first class cricket competitions in India is named after him.

Early and personal life

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Duleepsinhji was born on 13 June 1905 inNawanagar,Kathiawar,British India (present dayGujarat,India).^[1] He was from theroyal family of Nawanagar state and his siblings includedHimmatsinhji, the firstLieutenant-Governor ofHimachal Pradesh andDigvijaysinhji, who became the ruler of Nawanagar.^[2]Ranjitsinhji, after whom the Indian premierfirst class cricket competitionRanji Trophy is named, was his uncle.^[2]^[3] He was educated at theRajkumar College, Rajkot, before moving to England where he attendedCheltenham College andCambridge University.^[4]

Cricket career

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Early years

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Duleepsinhji representedCheltenham Cricket Club from 1921 to 1923 and captained the side later. He had abatting average average of 52.36 with his highest score being 162 and took 50 wickets at anaverage of 13.66 runs with hisleg breaks.^[1] In 1925, he moved to study inCambridge University and represented theCambridge University Cricket Club till 1928. In 1927, he scored his highest score of 254 againstMiddlesex which was the highest for Cambridge.

County career

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Duleepsinhji made hisfirst class debut forSussex in 1926.^[1] He did not play the1927 English cricket season due to suffering from apulmonary disease and recuperated inSwitzerland.

In natural gifts of eye, wrist and footwork he is certainly far above the ordinary measure... there is no doubt about the judgment and certainty with which he takes toll of straight balls of anything but the most immaculate length. His late cutting is quite beautiful and there is a certain ease and maturity about all his batting methods that stamps him as of a different class from the ordinary school batsman.

Harry Altham, former president ofMarylebone Cricket Club^[1]

He returned to play for Sussex in1928 and scored more than 2500 runs in each of the next three seasons.^[5] In the1930 English cricket season, he made his top score of 333 runs on a single day againstNorthamptonshire which is the highest score by a Sussex batter till date.^[6] He scoredcenturies in each of the two innings three times in his career.^[5]

In1931, he was appointed the captain of Sussex and had his most prolific year scoring 12 centuries with four of them in successive innings.^[1] He retired from first class cricket in 1932 due to illness.^[1] He was one of the most prolific scorers in first class cricket with more than 15,485 runs including 50 centuries at an average of 49.95 with 9,178 runs including 35 centuries at an average of 51.56 for Sussex.^[5] He headed the batting average charts in theCounty championship in every season from 1926 to 1932. He was a prolificslip fielder and took 256 catches.^[1]

Test career

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Of singular charm of character; extremely modest of his own wonderful ability; and with a love for the game which transcended his joy in all other pastimes, Duleepsinhji will always be remembered as one of the outstanding personalities during his period in first-class cricket.

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack^[1]

He made histest debut forEngland against the visitingSouth African team in June 1929.^[7] His only tour abroad was with theMarylebone Cricket Club team in Australia andNew Zealand in1929-30, when he was the top scorer.^[8] InJune 1930, he made his highest score of 173 in his first match against theAustralian team atLord's.^[9]Harold Gilligan, the captain rated him the best player of slow bowling on a wet pitch that he ever saw.^[5]

Duleep had to withdraw from the MCC team forthe bodyline tour of Australia in 1932.^[10] He made 12 appearances in tests and scored 995 runs at an average of 58.52 and has one of the highest averages in the history of test cricket.^[11]

Public service

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Following his playing career, he served as theHigh Commissioner of India inAustralia andNew Zealand and later as the chairman of the Public Service Commission ofSaurashtra after his return to India.^[12]^[13]

Death

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Duleepsinhji died on 5 December 1959, following a heart attack, inBombay.^[14]

Awards and honors

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Wisden Cricketer of the Year (1930)^[15]

Legacy

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TheDuleep Trophy, one of the premier first class cricket competitions in India is named after him.^[16]

Notes

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^Duleepsinhji's name includes theGujarati suffix-sinhji, composed of two separate elements:-sinh, a cognate ofSingh (a name common amongst theRajputs of Gujarat ), and-ji, a generalhonorific. His name is less commonly given asDuleepsinhji. During his playing career, Duleepsinhji was often recorded on scorecards asDuleep orK. S. Duleepsinhji. The latter usage derives from the honorificsKumar Shri, which were not his given names, but part of his title. The use of initials derived from the tradition of distinguishingamateur players from professionals – amateurs had their initials listed on scorecards, whereas professionals were denoted by only their surnames.