Yajurvindra Singh (born 1 August 1952) is a former Indian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

er who played in four Test matches from 1977 to 1979. He is from the erstwhile princely family of Bilkha, in

Junagadh district Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh. Geography The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Rajkot District (North) ...

in Saurashtra. Yajurvindra Singh, known as 'Sunny' since childhood, studied at the elite Rajkumar College in Rajkot, where he captained his School Team at the same at the same time that

Karsan Ghavri Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri (born 28 February 1951) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 39 Test matches and 19 One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1981. He played in the 1975 and 1979 World Cups. Ghavri started his career playing Ranji Tr ...

, 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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* 1952 births Living people People from Rajkot Cricketers from Gujarat India Test cricketers Indian cricketers West Zone cricketers Saurashtra cricketers Maharashtra cricketers {{India-cricket-bio-1950s-stub