Now coming to the cricket heritage of Jamnagar royal family. KS Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji are from the same family – both played Tests for England (Ranji – 15 and Duleep – 12), not for India. It is also written in the cricket history books that Ranji itself had become so 'British' during the British rule that it stopped Duleep from playing Test for India. That is why the question is also raised that why are the National Cricket Championships of India named after both of them even though they never played for India? This question is a different story. Ranjitsinhji was Jam Saheb from 1907 to 1933.

Ranji's 5 nephews played good level cricket. Of these, only Duleep played the Test. Others: Pradyumansinhji Thakore Saheb of Rajkot – 13 first class matches, KS Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji – 1 first class match, KS Himmatsinhji – 5 first class matches and MS Samar Singhji Samarsinhji)-8 first class matches.

You may recall that in August 2024, during his visit to Poland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Jam Saheb of Nawanagar Memorial in Warsaw – a memorial to the former Maharaja of Nawanagar, Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji. Who settled many destitute Polish prisoners freed from captivity during the Second World War in his state at his own expense Was. He was the third Chief of BCCI and played one first-class cricket match.

Apart from this, other Test cricketers were found from Duleep's family: Duleep's nephew Hanumant Singh – 14 Tests, Kumar Shri Madhavsinhji Jadeja Indrajitsinhji – 4 Tests, Suryaveer Singh – 81 first. Class match (he was Hanumant Singh's brother) and Uncle Kumar Shri Ghanshyamsinhji Daulatsinhji Jhalla Limbdi (Kumar Shri Ghanshyamshinhji Daulatsinhji Jhalla Limbdi) – 19 first class matches (His biggest fame is that in 1932, he was the vice-captain of the Indian team that went to play Test cricket for the first time, but later, seeing his cricketing level, he himself Refused to play the same test).

After him, the tradition continued with Digvijaysinhji's son Shatrusalyasinhji Digvijaysinhji Jadeja (total 29 first class cricket matches – 1061 runs and 36 wickets) and he is currently Jam Saheb. He married a princess from Nepal and has no children of his own. That is why he named his nephew Ajay Jadeja as the heir to the throne.

After Ajay Jadeja was named Jam Saheb, there was a lot of talk about the increase in his net worth, but more importantly, how will he carry forward the cricket legacy of Jamnagar?