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| Full name: | Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji |
| Born: | 10th September 1872, Sarodar, Kathiawar, India |
| Died: | 2nd April 1933, Jamnagar Palace, Gujarat, India |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | Right-arm slow |
| Biography: | He succeeded as Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar in 1907 |
| Relations: | Nephew: KS Duleepsinhji; Nephew: Thakore Saheb of Rajkot; Nephew: KS Digvijaysinhji; Nephew: KS Himmatsinhji; Nephew: MS Samarsinhji; Nephew: KS Rajendrasinhji |
| Teams: | England (Test: 1896-1902); Cambridge University (Main FC: 1893-1894); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1894-1912); Sussex (Main FC: 1895-1920); London County (Main FC: 1901-1904); All teams |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1897 | |
| Sussex Captain: 1900 - 1903 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Pictures: | Ranji demonstrates a pull |
| Ranji: a portrait | |
| Ranji in Indian costume | |
| List of all pictures | |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1896-1902) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| England | 15 | 26 | 4 | 989 | 175 | 44.95 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1897/98-1899) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| England | 97 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 1-23 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 97.00 | 2.41 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1893-1920) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| South | 6 | 10 | 2 | 301 | 63 | 37.62 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gentlemen | 14 | 25 | 2 | 668 | 121 | 29.04 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Cambridge University | 10 | 17 | 3 | 427 | 58 | 30.50 | 0 | 3 | 20 | |
| Gentlemen of England | 3 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 31 | 9.16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 20 | 36 | 2 | 1560 | 166* | 45.88 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |
| England | 16 | 27 | 4 | 998 | 175 | 43.39 | 2 | 6 | 17 | |
| Sussex | 211 | 337 | 43 | 18594 | 285* | 63.24 | 58 | 76 | 158 | |
| Lord Sheffield's XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 121 | 79 | 60.50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| AE Stoddart's XI | 7 | 12 | 2 | 700 | 189 | 70.00 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| KS Ranjitsinhji's XI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 68 | 62.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Home Counties | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 60.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| AJ Webbe's XI | 2 | 3 | 0 | 175 | 158 | 58.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Surrey and Sussex | 1 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 62 | 41.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| England XI | 3 | 5 | 0 | 241 | 115 | 48.20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| London County | 4 | 6 | 2 | 250 | 132 | 62.50 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| The Rest | 2 | 4 | 0 | 149 | 87 | 37.25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lord Londesborough's XI | 3 | 4 | 2 | 141 | 101 | 70.50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Overall | 307 | 500 | 62 | 24692 | 285* | 56.37 | 72 | 109 | 234 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1893-1912) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0-27 | 5.40 | ||||
| Gentlemen of England | 103 | 0 | 110 | 2 | 2-51 | 55.00 | 0 | 0 | 51.50 | 6.40 |
| Sussex | 6756 | 316 | 3848 | 112 | 6-109 | 34.35 | 3 | 0 | 60.32 | 3.41 |
| Gentlemen | 159 | 5 | 86 | 3 | 2-36 | 28.66 | 0 | 0 | 53.00 | 3.24 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 279 | 15 | 159 | 3 | 2-17 | 53.00 | 0 | 0 | 93.00 | 3.41 |
| England | 97 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 1-23 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 97.00 | 2.41 |
| AE Stoddart's XI | 96 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 0-0 | 3.06 | ||||
| South | 30 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0-3 | 2.40 | ||||
| Surrey and Sussex | 53 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1-14 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 53.00 | 2.94 |
| England XI | 90 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 0-3 | 4.80 | ||||
| London County | 267 | 6 | 143 | 10 | 6-53 | 14.30 | 1 | 0 | 26.70 | 3.21 |
| The Rest | 42 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1-14 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 42.00 | 4.28 |
| Overall | 8002 | 361 | 4601 | 133 | 6-53 | 34.59 | 4 | 0 | 60.16 | 3.44 |
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