Full Name

Yajurvindra Singh

Born

August 01, 1952, Rajkot, Gujarat

Age

71y 231d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

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.

A right-hand batsman who could defend dourly or play strokes, as the situation warranted, an occasional medium-pace bowler and a brilliant close in field, Yajurvindra Singh toured England in 1979 but played only in the last Test when he notched up his highest score of 43 not out. His best season in the Ranji Trophy was in 1975-76 when he scored 583 runs at 97.17. In the national competition, his tally was 2657 runs (49.20) with a highest score of 214 for Saurashtra against his old state Maharashtra in 1979-80.
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Yajurvindra Singh Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests47110943*18.1635530.700090110
FC7811526376521442.30--9---830
List A1716452185*43.41--04--70

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests44120500---2.50-000
FC78--1552507/20-31.04---21
List A17-31922482/412/4128.004.2139.8000
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Test

Debut/Last Matches of Yajurvindra Singh

FC Matches

Span
1971/72 - 1981/82

List A Matches

Span
1975/76 - 1981/82

Recent Matches of Yajurvindra Singh

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
West Zone vs Central Zone19--30-Oct-1981NagpurFC
West Zone vs North Zone10 & 74/32 & 1/5320-Jan-1980WankhedeFC
West Zone vs South Zone190/17 & 0/521-Dec-1979BengaluruFC
West Zone vs Pakistanis33*1/55 & 2/7411-Dec-1979PuneFC
India vs Australia150/2911-Sep-1979ChennaiTest # 855

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Yajurvindra Singh celebrates a catch