Duleepsinhji

Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji (13 June 1905 – 5 December 1959), often known as Duleep or K. S. Duleepsinhji, was an Indian international <a href="/facts/Cricket/tjuTASkU">cricketer</a> who represented the <a href="/facts/England_cricket_team/NaPsyaFD">English cricket team</a>. He was a right handed batsman and an occasional <a href="/facts/Leg_spin/q3EGQSwK">leg break</a> bowler. Playing in the era before the <a href="/facts/Independence_of_India/0n35LRk8">Indian Independence</a> and the establishment of the <a href="/facts/Indian_cricket_team/m3wL0Y1x">Indian cricket team</a>, he played <a href="/facts/First_class_cricket/fWhDdEhG">first class cricket</a> in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> and later represented the England team.
Descended from the <a href="/facts/Jam_Sahib/t3CA55YU">royal family</a> of <a href="/facts/Nawanagar_State/t1IrXUuA">Nawanagar</a>, Duleepsinhji was born on the <a href="/facts/Kathiawar/ghIJ0neQ">Kathiawar</a> peninsula in present-day <a href="/facts/Gujarat/HwmVfMwr">Gujarat</a>. He was educated at the <a href="/facts/Rajkot/zu22qHQv">Rajkot</a>, before moving to England where he attended <a href="/facts/Cheltenham_College/eKR579de">Cheltenham College</a> and <a href="/facts/Cambridge_University/0la7aX9o">Cambridge University</a>. He represented <a href="/facts/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club/qDy4xXdj">Sussex</a> in the <a href="/facts/County_Championship/xIrQqmhI">English county championship</a>, 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 a <a href="/facts/Slip_(cricket)/fk92fXR4">slip</a> fielder and took 256 catches. Though he had a short <a href="/facts/Test_cricket/m6LrScYJ">test</a> 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 the <a href="/facts/High_Commissioner_(Commonwealth)/PytwuhrC">High Commissioner</a> of India in <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a> and <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a> and later as the chairman of the Public Service Commission in <a href="/facts/Saurashtra_State/EoGtdrvn">Saurashtra</a>. <a href="/facts/Duleep_Trophy/RsJEcuX4">Duleep Trophy</a>, one of the premier first class cricket competitions in India is named after him.

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