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KS Ranjitsinhji

A hockey XI

  With World Cup Hockey under progress, it is the responsibility of a cricket website to come up with an XI of cricketers who also excelled in hockey. Abhishek Mukherjee performs the rituals.   Despite the visible lack of interest, World Cup Hockey is here. Gone are the days when India, and often Pakistan, dominated...

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Oldest living Test cricketers

With Mantri’s sad demise, Punjabi becomes India’s oldest surviving Test cricketer.

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Playing the Game: A novel on KS Ranjitsinhji by Dutch author Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma’s ‘Playing the Game’ is a novel on the life of KS Ranjitsinhji.

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When Ranji’s royal vanity led to the premature end of a fine stallion

Ranji had posed in Paris for an American sculptor named Herbert Haseltine.

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KS Ranjitsinhji: Prince of a small state, king of a great game

KS Ranjitsinhji was a magical batsman, the first wristy wizard from the orient and the creator of the leg-glance.

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When KS Ranjitsinhji scored two First-Class hundreds on the same day

KS Ranjitsinhji's feat remains unmatched in First-Class cricket.

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Ranji cracks 154 on Test debut; Giffen becomes first to complete double, Richardson stands tall

Ranji had a spectacular debut, and George Giffen reached a significant milestone. But the match was lit up by Tom Richardson.

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