Vasant Raiji
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Vasant Naisadrai Raiji, is a former cricket
er and cricket historian.
Raiji opened the batting for Bombay
and Baroda
in Ranji Trophy
, and was a reserve of the Hindu team in the 1941 Bombay Pentangular. At the end of his playing career, he turned to writing and is the author of several works on early Indian cricket. As of 2007, he is the oldest living Mumbai cricketer. His younger brother Madan was also a Bombay cricketer.
Raiji is an accountant by profession and has authored two books on the subject.
Major works in cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and cricket historian.
Raiji opened the batting for Bombay
Mumbai cricket team
The Mumbai cricket team is a cricket team representing the city of Mumbai in Indian domestic cricket. It is the most successful team in the Ranji Trophy, India's top domestic cricket competition, with 39 titles, the most recent being in 2009–10. The team's home ground is the Wankhede Stadium in...
and Baroda
Baroda cricket team
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds. The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium...
in Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...
, and was a reserve of the Hindu team in the 1941 Bombay Pentangular. At the end of his playing career, he turned to writing and is the author of several works on early Indian cricket. As of 2007, he is the oldest living Mumbai cricketer. His younger brother Madan was also a Bombay cricketer.
Raiji is an accountant by profession and has authored two books on the subject.
Major works in cricket
- Ranji, the legend and the man (1963)
- India's Hambledon Men (1986)
- CCI and the Brabourne Stadium (with Anandji DossaAnandji DossaAnandji Jamnadas Dossa is an Indian cricket statistician.He represented his school and college in inter-school and inter-collegiate cricket while growing up in Bombay. In 1941, he was the 12th man for Hindus in the Bombay Pentangular and Bombay in the Ranji Trophy.Dossa was associated with the All...
) (1987) - CK Nayudu, The Shahenshah of Indian cricket (1989)
- Duleep, a centenary tribute (2005)
- From Presidency to Pentangular (with Mohandas Menon) (2006)