Yajurvindra Singh

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Yajurvindra Singh
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 4 78
Runs scored 109 3765
Batting average 18.16 42.30
100s/50s -/- 9/-
Top score 43* 214
Balls bowled 120 1552
Wickets - 50
Bowling average - 31.03
5 wickets in innings - 2
10 wickets in match - 1
Best bowling - 7/20
Catches/stumpings 11/- 83/-
Source: [1]

Yajurvindra Singh pronunciation (born 1 August 1952, Rajkot, Gujarat) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 4 Tests from 1977 to 1979. He is from the erstwhile princely family of Bilkha,[1] in Junagadh district in Saurashtra. Yajurvindra Singh, known as 'Sunny' since childhood, studied at the elite Rajkumar College in Rajkot,[2] where he captained his School Team at the same at the same time that Karsan Ghavri,[3] who hailed from Rajkot, and who eventually went on to play for the Indian team, captained the Virani High School team. The two often played against each other at local school fixtures.

He co-holds two Test fielding records: 5 catches in an innings, and 7 in a match.

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