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Indian cricketer (1911–1987)
Vijay Merchant
Vijay Merchant in 1936
Personal information
Full name
Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchant
Born
(1911-10-12)12 October 1911 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died
27 October 1987(1987-10-27) (aged 76) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
Role
Batsman
International information
National side
India (1933–1951)
Test debut (cap 15)
15 December 1933 v England
Last Test
2 November 1951 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1929–1951
Bombay
Career statistics
Competition
Tests
First-class
Matches
10
150
Runs scored
859
13470
Batting average
47.72
71.64
100s/50s
3/3
45/52
Top score
154
359*
Balls bowled
54
5,087
Wickets
0
65
Bowling average
–
32.12
5 wickets in innings
0
1
10 wickets in match
0
0
Best bowling
–
5/73
Catches/stumpings
7/–
115/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 March 2019
Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchantpronunciationⓘ, (born Vijay Madhavji Thackersey;[1][2] 12 October 1911 – 27 October 1987) was an Indian cricketer. A right-hand batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Merchant played first-class cricket for Bombay cricket team as well as 10 Test matches for India between 1929 and 1951. Behind his limited Test appearances, he dominated Indian domestic cricket – his batting average of 71.64 is the second highest first-class average in history, behind only that of Don Bradman.[3] He is regarded as the founder of the Bombay School of Batsmanship,[4] that placed more importance on right technique, steely temperament, and conservative approach rather than free flow of the bat.[citation needed]
His international career included two tours of England upon which he scored over 800 runs. English cricketer C. B. Fry exclaimed "Let us paint him white and take him with us to Australia as an opener."[3] His brother, Uday, also played first-class cricket.
Besides cricket, he was also associated with the Hindoostan Spinning & Weaving Mills (Thackersey Group) and was the Sheriff of Bombay in 1970.[citation needed]
^Chaturvedi, Ravi (1 January 2009). Legendary Indian Cricketers. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 51. ISBN 978-81-8430-075-8.
^Bose, Mihir (18 April 2006). The Magic of Indian Cricket: Cricket and Society in India. Routledge. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-134-24924-4. Perhaps the most emphatic illustration of the old-money attitude to Indian cricket is provided by Vijay Merchant and his family firm of Thackersey of Mumbai. This is one of the old established mill-owning families of Bombay, part of the Gujarati textile owners who shaped the city. Merchant's name should have been Vijay Thackersey. But when he was trying to explain his name to his English principal, he took so long and got so involved in the intricacies of the Gujarati family, that the principal decided that, since Vijay clearly belonged to the merchant class, he would have the surname Merchant.
^ ab"Vijay Merchant". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^Guha, Ramachandra (24 November 2016). A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport. Random House. ISBN 978-93-5118-693-9.
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average of 108.11. As a member of Kerala U-16 team for the 2008–09 VijayMerchant Trophy, he scored a double century off 138 balls against Goa and finished...
of all time, such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Rohit Sharma, VijayMerchant, Polly Umrigar, and Dilip Vengsarkar. The first recorded cricket match...
for Delhi Under-16s in the 1999/00 VijayMerchant Trophy and was the leading run-scorer of the 2000/01 VijayMerchant Trophy in which Delhi finished runners-up...
scored a double-century against Gujarat in the league stage of 2010's VijayMerchant tournament. He was also a member of India Under-19 team that won Asia...
College. He played for Punjab under-16 and under-19 cricket teams in VijayMerchant Trophy and Cooch Behar Trophy from 2015 to 2018, with 529 runs in the...
natural captain and that his batting suffered as a result. His rival, VijayMerchant said that the captaincy prevented Hazare from becoming India's finest...
in the Ranji Trophy Other top domestic cricket tournaments of the BCCI Vijay Hazare Trophy (One day format) Duleep Trophy Deodhar trophy Irani Cup (Test...
senior players in the squad, including Lala Amarnath, C. K. Nayudu and VijayMerchant, were critical of Vizzy's playing abilities and captaincy, and the team...
cricket. It has won Ranji Trophy record 41 times. Cricketers such as VijayMerchant, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar etc. have played for MCA's team...
scorer in Under-16 VijayMerchant Trophy: Abhishek Sharma Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-16 VijayMerchant Trophy: Abhishek...
the most by an Indian batsman, breaking the previous record set by VijayMerchant. He was awarded a Grade B contract by the BCCI in March 2022. Cheteshwar...
and CH Gayle of West Indies (104) Sunil Gavaskar Stand North Stand VijayMerchant Stand Sachin Tendulkar Stand MCA Stand Vitthal Divecha Stand Garware...
exclusion from the next Test led to the famous opening partnership between VijayMerchant and Mushtaq Ali. He was an unexpected selection for the 1946 tour. Injuries...
Tests against New Zealand in 1969–70. The selection committee under VijayMerchant tried out many new players that season and Chetan Chauhan and Ajit Pai...
Politician Julio Riberio, IPS Others Dinesh D'Souza, Political commentator VijayMerchant, Cricketer Jawahar Bakshi, Gujarati poet Bhupen Khakhar, a leading artist...
Ramchandra Guha writes that VijayMerchant, as a young boy, considered Vithal as his "hero and role model". He quotes Merchant writing: Vithal': a slim,...
acquitted in early 2016. Four were found guilty (Tom Hayes, Alex Pabon, Jay VijayMerchant and Jonathan James Mathew), and one pleaded guilty (Peter Charles Johnson)...
Under-25 teams finished at the bottom of their respective groups in the VijayMerchant Trophy's zonal league and CK Nayudu Trophy's plate league, respectively...
[citation needed] Kohli made his debut for Punjab Under-17s in the VijayMerchant Trophy competition of 2005/06, making five appearances in the competition...
Karnataka Under-17s, scored the second-highest innings total in the 2006-07 VijayMerchant Trophy - starring alongside Ankit Lamba in an unbeaten partnership of...
to capacity during all pentangular matches. The battle between VijayMerchant and Vijay Hazare in 1943–44 saw the record for the highest individual score...
Trophy (U-19, One Day format) Men's Under-19 One Day Challenger Trophy VijayMerchant Trophy (U-16) Vizzy Trophy (List-A format) Women's Senior One Day Trophy...
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