RANJI’S NEPHEW
A LTHOUGH officially described as the M.C.C.’s team for New • Zealand, the side is to play four matches in Australia. 1 wonder what the Sydney crowd will think of K. S. Duleepsinhji (observes an English writer). It is 32 years since Duleepsinhji’s uncle, then Prince Ranjiti ' i sinhji, went to Australia as a member of A. E. St o d d a rt’s team. and for a time his reception was decidedly mixed. In the end the Indian won high favours, but a certain section of
the “ba rrackers” attacked him because he was non a white man. “Ranji” steadied himself after a match or two, and finished the tour with an average of over 50 in test matches and over 60 in all matches.
The world has advanced since 1897, and “Ranji’s” nephew, on his merits as a man and as a cricketer, should be one of the most popular men of the team. Duleepsinhji’s disposition is as charming as his off-drive.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 815, 8 November 1929, Page 7
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