Ravindra Jadeja Wife, Family, Age, Stats And Records

Ravindra Jadeja is one of the best all-rounders in the world, who represented the Indian team from 2009 in all three formats. Ravindra Jadeja was born on December 6th, 1988 in a Gujarati Rajput Hindu family in Navagam Ghod city of Jamnagar district in Gujarat. However, Jadeja’s father wants him to become an Army Officer, but his passion for cricket has made him one of the best all-rounders in the cricketing World.

When Jadeja was growing he lost his mother which made him almost quit the Gentleman's Game but his sister insisted him to follow his passion, which made him picked in India’s under-19  for 2006 ICC Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in the year 2005 at the age of just 16. Later, after his incredible performance in the marquee event he was named as the Vice-captain of the Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup, where he played a crucial role for Men in Blue by picking 10 wickets in 6 games at an average of 13. 

In the next year, the Indian all-rounder made his first-class debut in the Duleep Trophy, where he played for West Zone and Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy. Later, Jadeaj became the first Indian batsman to score three first-class triple centuries.

Apart from this, the Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is in the list of top five Indian players who have git highest IPL salaries as the left-arm spinner currently receives INR 16 Crore in the Indian Premier League while playing for the Chennai Super Kings. Ravindra Jadeja is part of the 'Grade A+' Category in the central contract list getting an amount worth INR 7 Crore.

International Career

After performing in domestic cricket, the left-handed batsman impressed selectors in 2008 Ranji Trophy by bagging 42 wickets and scoring 739 runs, which made him pick in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Jadeja got a chance to play in the final match of 3 match ODI series where he scored 60 runs in his debut match. It was the time when the  Indian team were searching for an all-rounder, who could bowl 4 overs of spell and bat in the lower down order with tailendras and Jadeja completely fit on that position after Yusuf Pathah were unable to score runs. Jadeja replaced him in the number 7 position in the 2009 series against Sri Lanka in Cuttack, for which he was awarded with the man of the match award by picking 4 wickets conceding just 32 runs. 

Jadeja played a match-winning knock against England when the Indian team were 5 wickets down on the score of 58 runs after 19 overs, he scored 78, adding 112 with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and 59 off only 5.1 overs with Ravichandran Ashwin to help his side reach 234–7 in 50 overs at the Oval in London.

After his impressive performance in the Ranji season 2012-13, he was picked up in the Indian test team squad against England, after he scored 300 plus runs in 4 matches. Meanwhile, during the 2nd Test match at Kochi, he hit 61 off just 37 balls, which took India to a total of 285. In the second innings, he bowled a spell of 2 for 12 in 7 overs, helping India beat England by 127 runs and level the series 1–1. Jadeja was awarded Man of the Match award for his all-round performance.

In the home series against Australia in March 2013, the Indian all-rounder grabbed 24 wickets dismissing the Australian captain Michael Clarke five out of six times in the series. Apart from this he played an important role for India in lifting the ICC Champions Trophy 2013. He was the highest wicket-taker of the tournament with 12 wickets, which won him the Golden Ball. He made 33* with the bat and took 2 wickets in the final against England. He was also named as part of the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo.

With his incredible performance for the Indian team, he was ranked as the No.1 bowler in ODI Cricket by the ICC in August 2013. Not only that he is the first India bowler to top the rankings since Anil Kumble, who topped the table in 1996. In the next year, Ravindra Jadeja scored his maiden Test fifty on 20 July 2014, playing against England and saving the match for India, who were struggling at 235/7. He made 68 runs from just 57 balls. His partnership of 99 with Bhuvneshwar Kumar helped India set England a target of 319. However, everything didn't go well for Jaddu after this series as he was dropped from the Indian team after his poor performance in the Indian team in 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Jadeja is considered as one of the important players in the Indian Premier League who has played a crucial role in the Chennai-based franchise by becoming the  4th bowler who has got most wickets in IPL playoffs.

On 17 April 2016, Jadeja tied the knot with politician Rivaba Solanki.

They have a daughter born in June 2017 named Nidhyana Jadeja.

Ravindra Jadeaja’s Record

• On 5 August 2017, Jadeja became the fastest left-arm bowler to reach 150 wickets in terms of number of Tests played.
• In March 2019, during the second ODI against Australia, Jadeja became the third cricketer for India to score 2,000 runs and take 150 wickets in ODIs
• On 6 August 2021, batting during the first innings of the first Test against England at Trent Bridge, Jadeja became the fifth Indian and fifth-fastest player to score 2,000 runs and take 200 wickets in Tests.
• Jadeja Becomes Fastest Indian to Take 250 Wickets and Score 2500+ Runs in Test Cricket.

After getting eliminated from the Indian Premier League from Chennai Super Kings, Jadeja has been heading towards ICC Men’s T20 World Cup which is scheduled to take place from June 2nd in West Indies and USA.