Question

India's interstate cricket tournament is named after Kumar Shri Ranjitsinghji Vibhaji Jadeja or in short Ranji, the great cricket legend. He played his cricket in England and also played for the English national team. Which county did he used to play for in the league cricket of England?

• A. Sussex
• B. Essex
• C. Somerset
• D. Surrey

Hint:

This county club also produced other famous Indian-origin English cricketers of that era.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Recall Ranjitsinhji's cricket career in England.
Ranjitsinhji studied at Cambridge and then moved into county cricket, joining Sussex County Cricket Club in 1895.

Step 2: Confirm the county and rule out the others.
He went on to play for Sussex for many seasons, scoring heavily and later also playing Test cricket for England. Essex, Somerset, and Surrey are all separate county clubs from that era with no record of him playing for them.

Final Answer:
Ranjitsinhji played his county cricket for Sussex. \[ \boxed{\text{Sussex}} \]