About Yajurvindra Singh
Born 1952. Yajurvindra Singh is an Indian cricketer.
Yajurvindra Singh (born 1 August 1952) is a former Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches from 1977 to 1979. He is from the erstwhile princely family of Bilkha, in Junagadh district 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 time that Karsan Ghavri, 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.
Yajurvindra became a co-holder of two Test fielding records when on Test debut he took five catches in an innings (first done by Vic Richardson in 1936), and seven in a match (first achieved by Greg Chappell in 1974).
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Yajurvindra Singh was born on 1 August 1952 in Gujarat, Rajkot.
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