Ravindra Jadeja, also known as Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja, is an Indian all-rounder. He plays as a left-handed batsman in the middle-order and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Saurashtra-based cricketer made his international debut under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. In the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka, captain Dhoni handed Jadeja his ODI cap at Colombo on February 8, 2009. Even though he proved expensive on debut as he conceded 40 runs and remained wicketless, his batting was a sight of watch in the subsequent innings. He scored an unbeaten knock of 60 runs, on the basis of which he made his T20I debut against the same opponents and at the same venue. Jadeja's Test debut came against England at Nagpur in December 2012.
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Jadeja's 'Jaddu's Food Field' was raided by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation and discovered preserved food items that were simply inedible.
Pujara was named the skipper of the 15-member Saurashtra side, that includes Jadeja, for their opening four-day encounter against Haryana at Lahli from October 6.
Axar suffered sprain in his left ankle while playing football during the practice session on Friday.
The spin duo of - Ashwin and Jadeja have been officially "rested" by the BCCI from the upcoming five-match ODI and three-match Twenty20 series against Australia.
The 35-year-old's career-best figures of seven for 42 in an innings and a match haul of nine wickets vs West Indies see him overtake Jadeja in ICC rankings for Test bowlers.
The bowler's list is headed by left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja who has managed to maintain his top spot while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is at the third place.
Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara will also feature on the English circuit this season.
Currently touring with the squad as the third spinner, impressive Kuldeep Yadav will likely make the cut ahead of Axar Patel in the Team India for the Pallekele Test.
Amid the disappointment of missing out on the match, there was some consolation for Jadeja as he edged out Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan to claim the numero uno spot among all-rounders in the latest ICC Test rankings.
Incidentally, the match which put Jadeja on top of the heap is also the one where he breached ICC Code of Conduct to be handed a one-Test suspension.
Ravindra Jadeja was suspended from India's 3rd Test against Sri Lanka throwing the ball at a Sri Lanka batsman during the Colombo Test.
After Dhoni announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2015, the opportunity provided itself before Saha to establish himself as India's first choice wicketkeeper in the longer version of the game.
Jadeja scored an unbeaten 70 off 85 balls in the first innings and then grabbed five wickets in Sri Lanka's second innings to help India beat the hosts by an innings and 53 runs and seal the three-match series.
Jadeja bagged the 'Man of the Match' award for his figures of 5/152 in the second innings against Sri Lanka in the second Test at Colombo.
Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis produced their best batting performance to keep India at bay after a first innings debacle, guiding the hosts to 209 for two at stumps on the third day.
Jadeja achieved the feat while bowling in Sri Lanka's first innings on Day 3 of the second Test in Colombo.
In the batsmen's rankings, Cheteshwar Pujara is the top ranked Indian at the fourth position while opener Shikhar Dhawan climbed 21 places to be ranked 39th.
In an exclusive video posted by bcci.tv, the Indian cricket team gave the fans an insight into the side’s eating habits like never before.
India are set to tour Sri Lanka later this month, Jadeja will hold the key and will lead the bowling unit with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Top spinners of India Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin still hold a top seat in the ICC Rankings which was released on Monday
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