Playing Style
In his day, Ranjitsinhji's batting was regard as innovative and history has come to look upon him as "one of the most original stylists to have ever played the game". His great friend and Sussex captain, C. B. Fry commented on Ranji's "distinctiveness", attributing it to "a combination of perfect poise and the quickness peculiar to the athletic Hindu". Neville Cardus described English cricket, before the arrival of Ranjitsinhji as "English through and through", but that when Ranji batted, "a strange light from the East flickered in the English sunshine".
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