Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja
Jadeja in 2024
Personal information
Full name
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja
Born (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988
Navagam Ghed, Gujarat, India
NicknameJaddu, Thalapathy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsRivaba Jadeja (wife)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 275)13 December 2012 v England
Last Test3 January 2025 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 177)8 February 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI9 March 2025 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.8 (previously 26)
T20I debut (cap 22)10 February 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I29 June 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.8 (previously 88)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–presentSaurashtra
2008–2009Rajasthan Royals
2011Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2012–2015Chennai Super Kings
2016–2017Gujarat Lions
2018–presentChennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 80 204 74 137
Runs scored 3,370 2,806 515 7,523
Batting average 34.74 32.62 21.45 43.48
100s/50s 4/22 0/13 0/0 13/39
Top score 175* 87 46* 331
Balls bowled 18473 10,116 1,356 30,958
Wickets 323 231 54 554
Bowling average 24.14 35.41 29.85 23.55
5 wickets in innings 15 2 0 36
10 wickets in match 3 0 0 10
Best bowling 7/42 5/33 3/15 7/31
Catches/stumpings 46/– 76/– 28/– 97/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2025

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who represents the national team currently in ODI and Test formats. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. Widely hailed as one of the greatest all-rounders and among the finest fielders in cricket history, he earned the reputation of a complete all-rounder, cemented further in 2025 when he became the longest consecutively reigning World No. 1 Test all-rounder in the ICC Rankings. Jadeja was the leading wicket-taker in the 2013 Champions Trophy and received the man of the match award as a member of the final-winning team. He was a part of the team which won the 2024 T20 World Cup, after which he announced his retirement from T20Is. He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and has captained the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Jadeja is the 7th highest ODI wicket taker for India with 220 wickets.

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. 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 22 January 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. He was announced as captain of the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise, for the 2022 IPL season, succeeding MS Dhoni. He however stepped down in the middle of the season.