| Name(s) |
YAJURVINDRA SINGH |
| Date of
Birth |
August 01, 1952
- in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. |
|
Identity |
Former Indian
cricketer. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He played in 4 Tests
from 1977 to 1979.
- He is from the erstwhile
princely family of Bilkha,
in Junagadh district in Saurashtra.
- Yajuvindra Singh co-holds two
Test fielding records:
5 catches in an innings, and 7
catches in a match. In the
first innings he took five catches
to equal the record held by
Australia's
Vic Richardson against South
Africa in 1935-36. In the second
innings 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.
But Yajuvindra holds the
distinction of creating this
record in his debut test match.
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