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The maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of <keyword id="23521757" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nawanagar" source="keywords">Nawanagar</keyword>, known as <keyword id="19974428" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jamnagar" source="keywords">Jamnagar</keyword>, in Gujarat, has declared his nephew and former <keyword id="19938506" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cricketer" source="keywords">cricketer</keyword> <keyword id="20425169" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ajay-Jadeja" source="keywords">Ajay Jadeja</keyword> as his heir to the throne on the auspicious day of <keyword id="20211589" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dussehra" source="keywords">Dussehra</keyword> on Saturday. The 53-year-old cricketer, who played 196 ODIs and 15 test matches for India between 1992 and 2000, is a descendant of the Jamnagar royal family. <keyword id="23521756" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharaja-of-Jamnagar" source="keywords">Maharaja of Jamnagar</keyword> <keyword id="23521758" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shatrusalyasinh-Jadeja" source="keywords">Shatrusalyasinh Jadeja</keyword> is the cousin of Daulatsinghji Jadeja, the cricketer's father, a three-time Member of Parliament from Jamnagar from 1971 to 1984. "The festival of Dussehra is believed to mark the day the Pandavas emerged victorious from exile. Today, on Dussehra, I am equally happy, as I have found a resolution to one of my dilemmas thanks to Ajay Jadeja, who has accepted to be my heir," Maharaja Jamsaheb, as he is popularly called, declared in a statement. "Ajay Jadeja taking up the responsibility of serving the people of Jamnagar is truly a boon for its people. I express my sincere gratitude to him," he said. Maharaja Shatrusalyasinhji was also a cricketer who captained Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy in 1966-67 and served as the head of the Saurashtra Cricket Association. He was made the titular head of Nawanagar on February 3, 1966, after his father's death, and was married to a member of the Nepal royal family whom he later divorced. The family are descendants of legendary cricketer <keyword id="23521759" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ranjitsinh-Jadeja" source="keywords">Ranjitsinh Jadeja</keyword>, who ruled Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933.

Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja declared heir to Jamnagar royal throne

It is a wonderful game, cricket. It grabs our emotions and takes them on a roller-coaster ride all the time, unaware of how much control it exercises over our conscience and the subconscience. It offers fans many triggers; some events sparking a hypothetical debate, others making them drown themselves in nostalgia. 
 <keyword id="13802" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rajasthan-Royals">Rajasthan Royals</keyword> hero <keyword id="84726" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Steve-Smith">Steve Smith</keyword>'s street-smart decision to pat a delivery from Kolkata Knight Riders's mystery bowler Sunil Narine into covers - left invitingly vacant by Gautam Gambhir perhaps under the mistaken notion that RR needed to get three runs - and complete two runs comfortably has been one such trigger this week. 
 Having written that Smith's intelligent play would have done Javed Miandad proud, I asked myself which Indian batsman would have acted with the sensibility that Smith showed off the final ball of a Super Over in a high-intensity game. One name sprang to mind: <keyword id="4166" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Ajay-Jadeja">Ajay Jadeja</keyword>. 
 
Nearly everyone else would have risked a guts-and-glory shot under the circumstances. In the mind's eye, one can see some of those who would have tried the big shot coming out with guns blazing and their reputations enhanced; but one can also see most coming up second best to the pressure of the occasion and the bowler. 
 
So what is it about Jadeja that makes me believe that he would have done exactly what Smith did in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night? His deep knowledge of the laws of cricket, his ability to harness his own performance to secure the best results and a willingness to reach the goals with the minimum fuss make him the prime candidate. 
 
There are two instances of his craft that stand out - and these come a year on either side of his assault on Waqar Younis' bowling in the 1996 World Cup quarterfinal at Bangalore. In a North Zone Ranji Trophy limited-overs game against Services in 1995, he manipulated (rather than farmed) strike when with tailender Sonu Sharma. 
 
Haryana were in a poor way and it was imperative that Jadeja retain as much of the strike as possible. Services set the field in such a way that they would concede him a single to try and have a go at Sonu Sharma. But Jadeja, acknowledged as one of the sharpest brains in Indian cricket, was up to speed with that ploy. 
 
He came up a counter plan that not only helped his team but also forced BCCI to change the playing conditions. Jadeja and Sonu Sharma would cross but the man running to the danger end would turn from halfway down the pitch. They would get one run - with an umpire signalling one short - but Jadeja retained strike. 
 
Then, in a Ranji Trophy game against Services in Faridabad in 1997, Jadeja shared a last-wicket partnership of 72 with Vineet Jain. It must have taken some skill since Jadeja finished with 242 not out while Jain's contribution to the stand was a grand total of zero runs! 
 
Memories of these matches were strong enough reason to merit a call to the man himself. Jadeja came up with the names of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mohammad Kaif and Rahul Dravid as Indian batsmen who would have shown a similar acute awareness of the immediate task on hand and the possibilities opened up by the field placing to do just enough to get to the goal as Steve Smith did. 
 "MS has done it in an <keyword id="6354312" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="IPL">IPL</keyword> game," Jadeja said, setting me off on a search for an instance of Dhoni finishing a game with a simple single or a tantalizing two. It is easier to recall instances of Dhoni finishing games with a flourish, the ICC <keyword id="3859" type="SPORT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Cricket-World-Cup">Cricket World Cup</keyword> 2011 final against <keyword id="6355572" type="COUNTRY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sri-Lanka">Sri Lanka</keyword> being on top of that list. 
 
Last year, Dhoni took on Sunrisers Hyderabad's Ashish Reddy and came up with a finishing sequence of dot, six, four and four to win a home game for Chennai Super Kings with two deliveries to spare. Jadeja was right, though. A year earlier, Dhoni flicked Rajasthan Royals' Stuart Binny to fine leg and picked up two runs off the last ball at the MA Chidambram Stadium in Chennai to complete a seven-wicket win. 
 
It is a wonderful game, cricket. It lets us dip into the past and come up with some amazing memories. Every action on the cricket field triggers visual images from another time.

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A few years back, after a promotional event at a five-star hotel in New Delhi, <keyword id="19914485" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gautam-Gambhir" source="keywords">Gautam Gambhir</keyword> was seen smiling in the foyer — an unusual sight. A couple of journalists approached him. Known for being a non-conformist, he was in the midst of a cold war with the then officials of the Delhi and District <keyword id="19919646" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cricket" source="keywords">Cricket</keyword> Association (DDCA). "You know why I don't fear anyone in this establishment? Because I am not here to earn money," he told the journalists, writes Kushan Sarkar, a special correspondent with Press Trust of India (PTI). <h2>Gambhir named new <keyword id="20147279" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="head-coach" source="keywords">head coach</keyword></h2> On Tuesday, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named Gautam Gambhir as head coach of the Indian cricket team. The former opener fills gigantic shoes of the legendary Indian Mr Dependable batsman <keyword id="19923639" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rahul-Dravid" source="keywords">Rahul Dravid</keyword>, and is tasked with building on the latter's success in the recent T20 World Cup. "I have always taken pride while donning the Indian jersey during my playing days, and it is going to be no different when I take up this new role," said the 42-year-old Gambhir in a statement. <div type="image" title="Gautam Gambhir becomes new head coach of Indian men&amp;#39;s cricket team" agency="ANI" msid="111615122" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Gautam Gambhir becomes new head coach of Indian men&amp;#39;s cricket team&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced that Gautam Gambhir has been unanimously appointed as the head coach. Gambhir, who scored over 10,000 international runs in his 13-year career, will travel to Sri Lanka with the team for his first assignment in late July. Iconic Indian batters Rohit Sharma and <keyword id="19907934" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Virat-Kohli" source="keywords">Virat Kohli</keyword> have been rested for the white ball ODI series against the Lankans. Shah praised Gambhir as a "fierce competitor and a brilliant strategist" and expressed confidence in his ability to elevate the team's performance. "We believe he will bring the same tenacity and leadership to his role as head coach," Shah said. "He will bring out the best in our players." <h2>A new journey for the former MP</h2> Gambhir played a crucial role in India's 2011 ODI World Cup win and recently led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to an <keyword id="19906063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IPL" source="keywords">IPL</keyword> title. His extensive experience in various capacities throughout his career makes him an ideal candidate for the coaching job, according to Shah. After retiring as a player, Gambhir ventured into commentary and politics, becoming a lawmaker for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before quitting politics in March to rejoin KKR as a mentor. BCCI president Roger Binny hailed Gambhir's appointment as marking a "new chapter for Indian cricket," emphasizing his "experience, dedication, and vision for the game." "India is my identity and serving my country has been the greatest privilege of my life. I'm honoured to be back, albeit wearing a different hat. But my goal is the same as it has always been, to make every Indian proud. The men in blue shoulder the dreams of 1.4 billion Indians and I will do everything in my power to make these dreams come true!," said Gambhir in a post on 'X'. <h2>Controversial journey of the new coach</h2> As Gambhir steps into this challenging role, his outspoken and often controversial personality will be scrutinized against Dravid's calm approach. Coming from Central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar — a hub for Civil Services aspirants — Gambhir never found things easy in Indian cricket. Perhaps this is why intensity became his second nature, as he had to constantly prove himself, writes Kushan Sarkar. As Delhi's skipper, he once refused to attend practice for days until Ajay Jadeja, the team coach accused of match-fixing, resigned. His remarks have often been portrayed to have reflected his belief that Mahendra Singh Dhoni gets undue credit for a single six in the 2011 World Cup final. His altercation with India's star player Virat Kohli during IPL matches (RCB Vs KKR in 2013 and RCB Vs LSG in 2023) also received widespread traction. Despite such — often controversial — actions, he is well-respected across the Indian cricket fraternity for his unflinching commitment and loyalty to his team. With the T20 World Cup win in Barbados last month, Indian cricket team gave wings to the dreams of billions of Indian cricket fans. But the win also came as a bittersweet surprise, with multiple senior players announcing their retirement — marking the end of an era in the country's cricket history. As Gambhir takes the steering wheel as the new head coach one can only wish that the journey — with all its ups and downs — turns out to a successful one for both him, and the team! <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="111370557" title="Emotional rollercoaster: Team India&amp;#39;s historic T20I World Cup win marks a golden chapter in Indian cricket" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"><payload><![CDATA[seealso]]></payload></div> <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="111395294" title="Jay Shah confirms Team India&amp;#39;s new head coach will join from Sri Lanka series" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"><payload><![CDATA[seealso]]></payload></div>

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