Facts :
1.Duleep was born in a Royal family of Saurashtra and was the nephew of KS Ranjitsinhji.
2.He moved to England in the early 1920s as a teenager and first played for Cheltanham College in 1921.
3.In subsequent years, Duleep made a name for himself as a batsman. He also used to bowl good leg-spin.
4.In 1932, India toured England, which featured it’s first-ever Test. Duleep continued to play county cricket and even represented Sussex against India. He captained Sussex in that game at the Hove in 1932, scoring seven in his only innings, dismissed leg-before by Nazir Ali.
5.The Duleep Trophy, instituted in his memory, is a regular feature in India’s domestic calendar. It is contested between the different zones and is a First-Class event.
Born : June 13, 1905, Sarodar, Kathiawar, India
Died : December 5, 1959, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India (aged 54 years 175 days)
