1st AUGUST 1952 YAJURVENDRA SINGH BORN SAURASHTRA GUJARAT
Yajurvindra Singh
India
Full nameYajurvindra Singh
BornAugust 1, 1952, Rajkot, Gujarat
Current age63 years 0 days
Major teamsIndia,Maharashtra,Saurashtra
Batting styleRight-hand bat
Bowling styleRight-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
7
1
109
43*
18.16
355
30.70
0
0
9
0
11
0
First-class
78
115
26
3765
214
42.30
9
83
0
List A
17
16
4
521
85*
43.41
0
4
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
4
120
50
0
-
-
-
2.50
-
0
0
0
First-class
78
1552
50
7/20
31.04
2
1
List A
17
319
224
8
2/41
2/41
28.00
4.21
39.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v England at Bangalore, Jan 28-Feb 2, 1977 scorecard
Last Test
India v Australia at Chennai, Sep 11-16, 1979 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1971/72 - 1981/82
List A span
1975/76 - 1981/82
Profile
It is not very often that a cricketer who has played only four Tests can lay claim to being the joint holder of two world records. And yet this remarkable feat stands against the name of Yajurvindra Singh. Moreover, his feat was even more creditable as it was achieved on his Test debut. And it is not a batting or bowling record but an even more rare fielding record. Brought into the side against England at Bangalore in 1976-77 to strengthen the middle-order batting, following some outstanding performances around the domestic circuit, he failed with the bat but in the first innings took five catches to equal the record held by Australia's Vic Richardson against South Africa in 1935-36. In the second he held two more and this saw him equal the the record held by Richardson's grandson Greg Chappell who took seven catches against England in 1974-75.
Yajuvendra Singh, born August 1, 1952, is a former Indian cricketer who is renowned for his brilliant close-in fielding. On his 63rd birthday, Suvajit Mustafi points out nine interesting facts about the cricketer who had princely roots.
1. Royal family
Yujuvendra has royal roots and hails from the princely family of Bilkha in the Junagadh district of Saurashtra. He studied in the elite Rajkumar College in Rajkot. Prior to that he had attended the prestigious Welham School in Dehradun.
2. Played for two Ranji sides
Yajuvendra represented both Saurashtra and Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy.
3. World record catches, that too on debut
He went on to be the joint holder of two world records on Test debut against England in Bangalore in 1977. In the first innings, he took five catches to equal the record held by Australia’s Vic Richardson against South Africa in 1935-36. In the second, he held two more catches to equal the record of seven catches in a match held by Richardson’s grandson Greg Chappell. Chappell took seven catches against England in 1974-75.
4. Astrologer’s prophecy comes true
Before his debut in 1977, an astrologer had said him that when he gets selected for the national side he will get “world fame”. Yajuvendra thought like the others from the Royal family, he too would get a hundred on debut. But it was the world record catches got him global headlines. In an interview with Nishad Pai Vaidya, Yajuvendra said, “[When the astrologer said that] My whole thought was that “world fame” meant a hundred on debut. After all Ranjitsinhji, Duleepsinhji, Tiger Pataudi’s father, Hanumant Singh — all Royals — got a hundred on Test debut, so I thought that is something in life you have to do. I didn’t do well in my first innings and was disappointed. But then came the world record in catches. So the jyotish was right!”
5. A consultant with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Yajuvendra is currently working as a consultant with TCS.
6. Association with Mahindra and Mahindra
Yajuvendra has earlier worked with Mahindra and Mahindra for more than 27 years. He also played corporate cricket for them.
7. Association with Wisden India
Yajuvendra is one of the rare cricketers who have excelled in the corporate world. It’s an honour for any cricketer to work for Wisden, where he was the Managing Director for three years.
8. Resides in Sportsfield Building in Worli
Yajuvendra resides in the Sportsfield Building in Worli, Mumbai, building that houses several sports luminaries like Sunil Gavaskar, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Vengsarakar, Bapu Nadkarni, M Somaya and Pradeep Gandhe
9. Greg Chappell’s invite
In 2006, during England’s tour to India, Greg Chappell invited Yajuvendra to give the Indian side a quick lesson in close-in catching. Yajuvendra spent almost an hour with players like Wasim Jaffer, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and Mohammad Kaif.
With inputs from Nishad Pai Vaidya
(Suvajit Mustafi consumes cricket for lunch, fiction for dinner and munches numerous other snacks throughout the day. Yes, a jack of several trades, all Suvajit dreamt of was being India’s World Cup winning skipper but ended up being a sports writer, author, screenwriter, director, copywriter, graphic designer, sportsmarketer , strategist, entrepreneur, philosopher and traveller. Donning so many hats, it’s cricket which gives him the ultimate high and where he finds solace. He can be followed at @RibsGully and rivu7)
Did you know that the very first laws of lawn tennis were drafted by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1875? Since then, there have been cricketers who have been associated with tennis in some ways. Nishad Pai Vaidya draws a list of the connections between tennis and cricket.
1. Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza
Shoaib Malik is one of the most popular limited-overs cricketers in the world, having played for numerous T20 sides. Malik has captained Pakistan in the past and has been a fairly regular member of their one-day setup since the early 2000s. He married Indian tennis star Sania Mirza in 2010, attracting copious media attention. While Malik has scripted a comeback to the Pakistan team in 2015, Mirza went on to win the Wimbledon doubles title along with Martina Hingis. She has won the paired event at all the four Grand Slams and is currently the No 1 doubles played in the world. Sania and her husband are often seen at each other’s sporting assignments. Sania is also related to two other Test skippers — former India captain Ghulam Ahmed and former Pakistan Test captain Asif Iqbal.
2. The Mankad and Vasant families
Nirupama Mankad (left) with her husband Ashok Mankad.
Ashok Mankad, the son of the legendary Indian all-rounder Vinoo, played 22 Tests for the country. His brothers, Atul and Rahul, also played First-Class cricket. Ashok Mankad married Nirupama Vasant, who was was an Asian tennis champion. Their son Harsh represented India in the Davis Cup. Ashok Mankad’s father-in-law, ‘George’ Vasant, also represented India in tennis. Ashok’s brother-in-law Mayur was a top doubles player in the country while his sister-in-law Asmita was also a well-known player.
3. Aasif Karim
The former Kenya captain, Aasif Karim, is best remembered for his miserly spell of three for seven against Australia in the 2003 World Cup. Karim comes from a sporting family; his father Yusuf was a famous tennis player in Kenya, who also dabbled in cricket. Karim and his brother Aarif moved to the United States of America (USA) in their young days on a tennis scholarship. Karim even represented Kenya in three Davis Cup matches against Egypt. He was then a notable figure in Kenya cricket, being an integral part of their side that made the charge to the highest level. He signed off on a high after the semi-final of the 2003 World Cup.
4. Mike Procter and Maryna Godwin
Maryna Godwin
Mike Procter was one of the leading all-rounders in the 1970s and could have gained greater international recognition had South Africa’s sporting isolation not come his way. His wife, Maryna Godwin, was a tennis player before their marriage and played in all the Grand Slams except the Australian Open.
5. Ralph Legall
Ralph Leagall. Image courtesy: bestoftrinidad.com
The Barbadian wicketkeeper-batsman represented the West Indies in four Tests in 1953. He also played in the Davis Cup for the West Indies/Caribbean. Legall had a short First-Class career as it lasted only 16 matches. He is presumed dead in 2003 as not much is known about his fate.
6. Cotar Ramaswami
Cotar Ramaswami was an all-round sportsman. As a 26-year-old, he competed in the singles at Wimbledon and then played doubles alongside another First-Class cricketer, Syed Mohammad Hadi, in the Davis Cup. In 1936, Ramaswami made his international debut on India’s second tour of England, playing two Tests and finishing with a batting average of 56.66. Like Legall, Ramaswami’s fate remains a mystery after he disappeared in 1985. He too is presumed dead.
7. Buster Farrer
Buster Farrer, the right-handed batsman, represented South Africa in six Tests in the 1960s. A few years before making his debut, he played the singles at Wimbledon and qualified for the second round, only to be beaten by Sweden’s Staffan Stockenberg. His sporting excellence extended to eight disciplines and he wore national colours in three. His accomplishments have are now chronicled in a book written by Colin Bryden, called All-rounder – the Buster Farrer Story.
8. John Edrich and Pat Stewart
Pat Stewart (left) and John Edrich
John Edrich, the gutsy England opener, was married to American tennis player Pat Stewart. The marriage was short-live, but Stewart did enter Wimbledon as Mrs JH Edrich when they were together.
9. Alex Hales and his grandfather
Alex Hales
Alex Hales has made quite a name for himself as an attacking opening batsman in limited-overs cricket. The England batsman’s grandfather, Dennis, was a tennis player and once played a five-setter against the great Rod Laver in a Wimbledon qualifying encounter.
10. Warren Bardsley and John Newcombe
Warren Bardsley (left) and John Newcombe
Warren Bardsley was one of Australia’s main batsmen in the pre-Don Bradman era. He represented Australia in 41 Tests in the early 1900s and scored 2469 runs at an average of 40.47 with six tons. His nephew John Newcombe is one of the legends in tennis. In the 1960s and ‘70s, he won three Wimbledons, two US and Australian Opens each. The former World No. 1 remains one of Australia’s greatest sporting figures.
11. The Winslow family
Paul Winslow (left) Charles Winslow
Charles Winslow was a three-time Olympic tennis medalist — two gold medals, men’s singles and doubles at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm — and eight years later in Antwerp he won his third Olympic medal —a bronze in the men’s singles.
Charles Winslow’s father, Lyndhurst Winslow, played First-Class for Sussex, scoring a century on debut against Gloucestershire. Charles Winslow’s son, Paul Winslow, played five Tests for South Africa in the in the 1950s with moderate success. Charles Winslow’s wife, Olive, played Wimbledon in her young days and was one of South Africa’s tennis champions.
Special mentions *Kepler Wessels, the former South African and Australian Test cricketer, excelled in tennis at a young age and nearly took up a scholarship with an American university. In fact, Hansie Cronje’s mother San-Marie, was one of Wessels’ tennis coaches.
*Madhav Apte, the former Indian Test cricketer, also played tennis at a junior level before focusing on cricket.
*Former Wimbledon champions, Frank Hadow, Tony Wilding and Spencer Gore, were also First-Class cricketers.
*Former Mumbai player Abdul Ismail’s son Asif represented India and Hong Kong in the Davis Cup.
*Alan Wilkins, the former Glamorgan fast bowler, is a known as a cricket commentator on television, but he is also a familiar face during tennis Grand Slams as a TV commentator.
(Nishad Pai Vaidya is a Mumbai-based cricket journalist and one of the youngest to cover the three major cricketing events — ICC World Cup, World T20 and under-19 World Cup. He tweets as @nishad_45)
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