Ravi Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja

Personal information
Full name	Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja
Born	(1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 28) Navamghed, Gujarat, India
Nickname	Jaddu
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 275)	13 December 2012 v England
Last Test	28 March 2017 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 177)	8 February 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	04 June 2017 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	8 (prev. 88)
T20I debut (cap 22)	10 February 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	31 March 2016 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–present	Saurashtra
2008–2009	Rajasthan Royals
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2012–2015	Chennai Super Kings
2016–present	Gujarat Lions
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA Matches 30 129 39 174 Runs scored 1,051 1,888 103 2696 Batting average 28.41 32.00 8.58 31.71 100s/50s 0/7 0/10 -/- 1/14 Top score 90 87 25 134 Balls bowled 8,750 6,434 790 8,557 Wickets 142 151 31 212 Bowling average 23.13 34.68 30.39 31.64 5 wickets in innings 8 1 0 1 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 0 Best bowling 7/48 5/36 3/48 5/36 Catches/stumpings 25/– 45/– 18/– 63/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2017

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja, commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja, is an Indian international cricketer who is the number-one ranked Test bowler in the ICC Player Rankings. He is an all-rounder, who plays as a left-handed middle-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and the Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League.

Jadeja was part of the Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 8 February 2009 and scored an unbeaten 60 off 77 balls in that match. However, his Test debut came almost four years later, on 13 December 2012, against England at Nagpur.

Jadeja was bought for $2 million by the Chennai Super Kings at the 2012 IPL Players Auction. He 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. On January 22, 2017, Jadeja became the first Indian left arm spinner to take 150 One Day International wickets, when he dismissed Sam Billings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In March 2017, he became the top ranked bowler in the world leaving behind Ravichandran Ashwin who held that position for a long time.

Ravindra Jadeja was born on 6 December 1988. His father Anirudh was a watchman for a private security agency.His father wanted him to become an Army officer but his interest was in Cricket, he was scared of his father in his childhood.His mother Lata died in an accident in 2005 and the trauma of his mother's death almost made him quit cricket. His sister Naina is a nurse. He lives in Jamnagar.