Jenni Irani

Jamshed Khudadad "Jenni" Irani pronunciation^ⓘ (18 August 1923 – 25 February 1982) was a cricketer who represented India as a wicket-keeper in Test cricket.

Jenni Irani

Personal information
Full name	Jamshed Khudadad Irani
Born	(1923-08-18)18 August 1923 Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	25 February 1982(1982-02-25) (aged 58) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 37)	28 November 1947 v Australia
Last Test	12 December 1947 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 2 22 Runs scored 3 430 Batting average 3.00 17.20 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 2* 46 Catches/stumpings 2/1 23/6
Source: CricketArchive, 3 September 2022

Life

Irani was born in Karachi (present-day Pakistan, in the Sind province of British India) and made his debut in first-class cricket in 1937 at the age of 14, playing for Sind while still in school.^{[citation needed]} He played his only two Test matches against Australia in 1947/48. In the match against an Australian XI at Sydney, he scored 43 batting at No.11 and added 97 runs with Gogumal Kishenchand. However, he was the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a duck on debut (the only one until Ajay Ratra in 2002) and was replaced after two matches by Khokhan Sen. Sen remained India's wicket-keeper for 5 years, and Irani never played for India again.^{[citation needed]}

He studied in Bai Vibhaji Sopratiwala High School, and DJ Sind College in Karachi, and also played for Bombay University. He worked for Habib Bank. He died in his home town, Karachi, by then in Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

References

• Obituary in Indian Cricket 1983

External links

• Jenni Irani at ESPNcricinfo