Vijay Merchant

Vijay Merchant
	Vijay Merchant in 1936
Personal information
Full name	Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchant
Born	12 October 1911; Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	27 October 1987 (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

Last updated March 03, 2024

"Cricket with Vijay Merchant" was a radio programme hosted by Merchant. It was broadcast on Sunday afternoons^{[ year needed ]},^[10] on Vividh Bharati, Anu D. Aggarwal quotes a survey, which revealed that it was one of the most listened to sponsored programmes.^[11]

Legacy

Although Merchant played only ten Test matches, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest batmen of his era.^[3] He was an attractive stroke maker, who "developed fine footwork, and built a stroke repertoire featuring a lovely cut, grasscutting drives, a delicate glance and late-cut, and, until later in his career, a brilliant hook stroke."^[3] His batting average in first-class cricket was 71.64, putting him second only to Don Bradman of Australia. In India's domestic Ranji Trophy matches, Merchant fared even better, averaging 98.75 in 47 innings. His record is especially impressive as his runs came at a time of uncovered wickets. He was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1937. Merchant is also the oldest Indian player to score a Test century. He scored 154 when he was 40 years 21 days during England's 1951–52 tour of India.^[3]

During his career, Merchant scored eleven double-centuries in first-class cricket, the most by an Indian batsman. The record stood until November 2017, when Cheteshwar Pujara scored his twelfth double-century batting for Saurashtra against Jharkhand in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy.^[12]^[13]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India named its under-16 domestic cricket tournament Vijay Merchant Trophy in his honour.^[14]

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References

↑ Chaturvedi, Ravi (1 January 2009). Legendary Indian Cricketers. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 51. ISBN 978-81-8430-075-8.
1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "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.
↑ Szymanski, Stefan; Wigmore, Tim (26 May 2022). Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket: Shortlisted for The Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2023. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4729-9277-2. Great names of this era include Vijay Merchant, from a family of wealthy Gujarati industrialists.
↑ Lokapally, Vijay; Ezekiel, Gulu (20 November 2020). Speed Merchants: The Story of Indian Pace Bowling 1886 to 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-93-88271-36-3. Though they came from vastly different social strata, Amar and Vijay Merchant became great friends—their common mother tongue of Gujarati perhaps being one reason. Outside royalty Merchant was one of the wealthiest Indian cricketers of his time.
↑ Dharker, Anil (6 April 2011). Icons: Men and Women who Shaped Today's India. Roli Books Private Limited. ISBN 978-81-7436-944-4. Merchant was Gujarati, a very wealthy businessman, and therefore set somewhat apart from the public that acclaimed his feats.
↑ "India's original batting hero". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
↑ Constantine, Learie (15 September 1946). "Cricket of the Highest Class". The Indian Express . p. 2.
↑ Memon, Ayaz (26 March 2012). "Government must infuse life into its dull media". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
↑ Aggarwal, Anu D. (15 October 1984). "A Shift Towards Television". Industrial Times. Retrieved 31 March 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Pujara back to old ways, scores 12th double-century". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
↑ "Cheteshwar Pujara goes past Vijay Merchant's all-time double-ton record in FC cricket". Scroll.in. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
↑ "Vijay Marchent trophy". BCCI.tv.

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[1] Chaturvedi, Ravi (1 January 2009). Legendary Indian Cricketers. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 51. ISBN 978-81-8430-075-8.

[:0-2] 1 2 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.

[Bio-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Vijay Merchant". Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 August 2010.

[4] 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.

[5] Szymanski, Stefan; Wigmore, Tim (26 May 2022). Crickonomics: The Anatomy of Modern Cricket: Shortlisted for The Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2023. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4729-9277-2. Great names of this era include Vijay Merchant, from a family of wealthy Gujarati industrialists.

[6] Lokapally, Vijay; Ezekiel, Gulu (20 November 2020). Speed Merchants: The Story of Indian Pace Bowling 1886 to 2019. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-93-88271-36-3. Though they came from vastly different social strata, Amar and Vijay Merchant became great friends—their common mother tongue of Gujarati perhaps being one reason. Outside royalty Merchant was one of the wealthiest Indian cricketers of his time.

[7] Dharker, Anil (6 April 2011). Icons: Men and Women who Shaped Today's India. Roli Books Private Limited. ISBN 978-81-7436-944-4. Merchant was Gujarati, a very wealthy businessman, and therefore set somewhat apart from the public that acclaimed his feats.

[8] "India's original batting hero". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

[9] Constantine, Learie (15 September 1946). "Cricket of the Highest Class". The Indian Express . p. 2.

[Memon-20120326-10] Memon, Ayaz (26 March 2012). "Government must infuse life into its dull media". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

[Aggarwal-19841015-11] Aggarwal, Anu D. (15 October 1984). "A Shift Towards Television". Industrial Times. Retrieved 31 March 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Pujara200-12] "Pujara back to old ways, scores 12th double-century". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

[Merchant-13] "Cheteshwar Pujara goes past Vijay Merchant's all-time double-ton record in FC cricket". Scroll.in. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

[14] "Vijay Marchent trophy". BCCI.tv.

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