64 Facts About Ravindra Jadeja

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Ravindra Jadeja is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin.

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Ravindra Jadeja was the captain of the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

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Ravindra Jadeja is regarded as one of the best all-rounders of the last decade.

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Ravindra Jadeja won the man of the match award in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy Final.

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Ravindra Jadeja was vice-captain of the Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008, under the captaincy of former Indian captain Virat Kohli.

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Ravindra Jadeja made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 8 February 2009 and scored an unbeaten 60 off 77 balls in that match.

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Ravindra Jadeja was bought by the Gujarat Lions in the 2016 IPL Players Auction for 9.5 crores after the Chennai Super Kings were banned from the IPL for two seasons.

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On 22 January 2017, Ravindra Jadeja became the first Indian left-arm spinner to take 150 One Day International wickets, when he dismissed Sam Billings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

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Ravindra Jadeja was announced as captain of the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise, for the 2022 IPL season, succeeding MS Dhoni.

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Ravindra Jadeja however stepped down in the middle of the season.

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Ravindra Jadeja was born on 6 December 1988 in a Gujarati Rajput family in Navagam Ghed city of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

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Ravindra Jadeja's father Anirudh was a watchman for a private security agency.

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Ravindra Jadeja's father wanted him to become an Army officer but his interest was in Cricket, he was scared of his father in his childhood.

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Ravindra Jadeja made his first Under-19 appearance for India in 2005 at the age of 16.

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India finished runners-up with Ravindra Jadeja impressing in the final against Pakistan with a haul of 3 wickets.

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Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial role with the ball in the tournament, taking 10 wickets in 6 games at an average of 13.

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Ravindra Jadeja played for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy.

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In 2012, Ravindra Jadeja became the eighth player in history, and the first Indian player, to score three first-class triple centuries in his career, joining Don Bradman, Brian Lara, Bill Ponsford, Wally Hammond, WG Grace, Graeme Hick and Mike Hussey.

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Ravindra Jadeja's first came in early November 2011 against Orissa, in which he scored 314 off 375 balls.

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Ravindra Jadeja's second came in November 2012 against Gujarat, in which he scored 303 not out.

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Ravindra Jadeja's third came against Railways in December 2012, in which he scored 331 runs in 501 balls.

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Ravindra Jadeja reached this milestone at the young age of only 23.

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Ravindra Jadeja became the fifth-fastest player ever to complete the double of 2000 runs and get 200 wickets in Tests, during his 56-run knock vs England in Nottingham.

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Ravindra Jadeja made a comeback into the Indian ODI side in the third ODI against England at The Oval in London.

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India went on to win the game and Ravindra Jadeja was awarded Man of the Match, mainly for his fielding effort.

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Ravindra Jadeja played an important role for India in lifting the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.

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Ravindra Jadeja was the highest wicket taker of the tournament with 12 wickets, which won him the Golden Ball.

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Ravindra Jadeja made 33* with bat and took 2 wickets in the final against England.

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Ravindra Jadeja was named as part of the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC and ESPNCricinfo.

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Ravindra Jadeja was ranked as the No 1 bowler in ODI Cricket by the ICC in August 2013.

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Ravindra Jadeja is the first India bowler to top the rankings since Anil Kumble, who topped the table in 1996.

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Ravindra Jadeja is the fourth India bowler after Kapil Dev, Maninder Singh and Kumble to be ranked No 1.

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Ravindra Jadeja was selected for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand despite not being fully fit due to a shoulder injury.

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Ravindra Jadeja returned strongly in the next Ranji season, where he picked up 38 wickets from 4 games and 215 runs, including 3 50+ scores.

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Ravindra Jadeja helped his team achieve victory, by taking 23 wickets in 4 games.

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Ravindra Jadeja scored 109 runs in the series, which included crucial knocks lower down the order.

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Ravindra Jadeja was included in Indian limited-overs side touring Australia to play 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is.

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In ODIs, Ravindra Jadeja bowled economically in a series where more than 3000 runs were scored in 5 matches.

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Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets at an economy rate of 5.35.

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Ravindra Jadeja was the second highest wicket-taker in T20Is, picking up 5 wickets in 3 games.

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Ravindra Jadeja featured in all four tests against the visiting Australian side.

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Ravindra Jadeja bagged 25 wickets and made two half centuries down the order, which earned him the player of the match as well as the player of the series award in the latest concluded series on 28 March 2017.

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On 5 August 2017, Ravindra Jadeja became the fastest left-arm bowler to reach 150 wickets in terms of number of Tests played.

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In March 2019, during the second ODI against Australia, Ravindra Jadeja became the third cricketer for India to score 2,000 runs and take 150 wickets in ODIs.

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In October 2019, in the first Test against South Africa, Ravindra Jadeja took his 200th wicket in Test cricket.

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In September 2021, Ravindra Jadeja was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

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Ravindra Jadeja's spin-bowling partner on many occasions, R Ashwin, was named in the squad after 4 years out of the white-ball team.

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On 5 March 2022, in a Test match against Sri Lanka, Ravindra Jadeja broke the 35-year-old record of Kapil Dev by scoring 175*.

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Ravindra Jadeja made the record of the highest score by a No 7 or below.

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Ravindra Jadeja scored his first overseas century in the fifth Test match of the 2022 Indian tour of England.

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In September 2022, Ravindra Jadeja was named in the Indian squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup but couldn't play because he was ruled out because of a serious knee injury.

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Ravindra Jadeja Becomes Fastest Indian to Take 250 Wickets and Score 2500+ Runs in Test Cricket.

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Ravindra Jadeja was selected by the Rajasthan Royals for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League in 2008, and played an important role in their victory.

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Ravindra Jadeja scored 135 runs from 14 matches at a strike rate of 131.06, his best score being 36* against Kings XI Punjab.

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Ravindra Jadeja did even better in 2009, scoring 295 runs at a strike rate of 110.90, and conceding fewer than 6.5 runs per over.

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Ravindra Jadeja sat out the 2010 IPL because of a ban arising from contractual irregularities.

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Ravindra Jadeja was the most expensive player of the year's auction.

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Ravindra Jadeja won the Man of the Match award in the second match of the season against Deccan Chargers for his all-round performance.

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Ravindra Jadeja was appointed as the captain for the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2022 IPL season, replacing MS Dhoni.

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Ravindra Jadeja however stepped down in the middle of the season, handing over the captaincy back to Dhoni.

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Ravindra Jadeja was later ruled out of the tournament due to a rib injury.

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Sunil Gavaskar said in March 2013 that Ravindra Jadeja, along with Cheteshwar Pujara, was a role model for youngsters.

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Ravindra Jadeja was named Player of the Week by the portal Cricket World after the end of the fourth test.

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When Ravindra Jadeja was out clean bowled for 16 while not offering a shot in the February 2013 Chennai test against Australia, a cricket portal described his dismissal as "Ravindra Jadeja falls 284 runs short of what would have been a fourth first-class triple-century".