Former Indian Test (medium-pace) cricketer Vasant Ranjane passed away in Pune on 22 December 2011.
Born in Pune on 22 July 1937, Ranjane grabbed 19 wickets in Tests at 34.15 per innings and 175 wickets from 64 first class ties.
Ranjane thus made a successful first-class debut in 1956-57, when he took 9 for 35 and 4 for 36 for Maharashtra against Saurashtra. Ranjane played seven Tests for India between 1958 and 1964 and represented Maharashtra and Railways in first-class cricket from 1956 to 1971.
He made his Test debut against West Indies in 1958-59. Next he was chosen for his second game in1961-62, when England toured India. He played two more Tests in that series and was taken on the 1962 tour of West Indies, where he played one game, the final Test at Kingston.
He played two more Tests, against England in Madras in 1963-64 and against Australia at the same venue a year later and finished with 19 Test wickets at an average of 34.
Ranjane worked for Indian Railways as a fitter and retired in 1994.
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