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Ajay Jadeja

Full Name
Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja
Born
01-02-1971 Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Current Age
50 years old
Major Teams
India
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium
Ajay Jadeja

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Ajay Jadeja Biography

Ajay Jadeja, a protégé of Haryana senior Kapil Dev and a descendant of Ranji and Duleep, was a mercurial cricketer.

A fantastic strokeplayer who could be unstoppable in ODIs, he was also a rather useful medium-pacer and one of the best ever fielders produced by the country. Added to it was the rakishly infectious smile he wore through every moment that he was out there.

The number of rescue acts from hopeless situations he carried out from the lower middle order defies count, the association with Robin Singh in the 1999 World Cup against Australia perhaps the most telling, the 223-run collaboration with Mohammad Azharuddin at Colombo, 1997, the other near-miraculous effort.

However, some of his most remembered acts were cameos — the 25-ball 45 at Bangalore against Pakistan in the World Cup semi-final a part of cricketing folklore, whereas the run-a-ball 43 in the Titan Cup final of 1996 almost as effective. And who can forget the magnificent running, tumbling catch to dismiss Allan Border in just his second match?

However, through all this there ran an incorrigible strain. He never quite succeeded in Tests, almost abhorred playing them in spite of being made vice-captain, and was prone to carry his smile along with him on his walk back to the pavilion after particularly irresponsible dismissals. Tainted in the CBI report on match-fixing, he was banned for five years in 2000 which effectively ended his international career.

A versatile all-rounder even beyond the cricket ground, he flirted with success in modelling and films, before settling down for another stint of domestic cricket. He met with a lot of success for Delhi till 2004, and as a captain/coach of Rajasthan from 2005 to 2007. In 2013, he returned for a couple of matches for Haryana at the age of 42, with limited success. Jadeja later moved on to coaching and commentary.

With the ODI success and Test failure typecasting him as a limited-overs cricketer, we often forget that Jadeja was an excellent batsman in First-Class cricket who ended with an average of 54 and had a penchant for huge scores. In late 1991, he had a fascinating run of 131 in the Irani Cup, 256 against Services, 228 against Punjab and 199 against Himachal Pradesh. He also scored 254 not out in a victorious tour game in South Africa in 1992-93 against Combined Bowl XI. In 1993, he hit 264 against Central Zone in Duleep Trophy.  In all he scored 7 First-Class double-hundreds.

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Ajay Jadeja Batting & Fielding Averages

Career M In R NO HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct St
Test 15 24 576 2 96 26.18 1460 39.45 0 4 62 3 5 0
ODIs 196 179 5359 36 119 37.47 7682 69.76 6 30 366 85 59 0
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 21 18 522 3 100* 34.80 731 71.40 1 2 39 9 5 0

Ajay Jadeja Bowling Averages

Career M B R W Avg EC SR 5WI 10WM BBI BBM
Test 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
ODIs 196 1248 1094 20 54.70 5.259 62.40 0 0 3/3 3/3
T20s 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
World Cup 21 170 143 3 47.66 5.047 56.66 0 -- 2/32 3/3

Ajay Jadeja Career statistics

Test Debut

South Africa v India at Kingsmead, Durban, November 13, 1992

Last Test

India v South Africa at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, February 24, 2000

ODI Debut

India v Sri Lanka at Ray Mitchell Oval, Harrup Park, Mackay, February 28, 1992

Last ODI

India v Pakistan at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, June 3, 2000

News ON Ajay Jadeja

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Australia ball-tampering a modern day cricket tragedy: Bishan Singh Bedi

Bishan Singh Bedi termed the ball tampering scandal involving top Australian cricketers “one of modern day cricket's great tragedies” ...

Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Reddy echo similar sentiments of playing anywhere decided by BCCI

Ajay Jadeja also asked people to appreciate BCCI rather than pin pointing the organisation's flaws repeatedly.

Cape Town Test India’s best chance to beat South Africa, believes Ajay Jadeja

Ajay Jadeja feels the first Test against South Africa, starting in the friendly conditions of Cape Town on Friday, will provide India ...

Ajay Jadeja: Indians got to abide by all the dope rules set up by Indian government

Ajay Jadeja on Tuesday backed the sports ministry's direction to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) to conduct dope test on cricketers.

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    A team of Indian international cricketers who have never played T20 cricket and have featured prominently after 1985.

    World Cup 1996 quarter-final: India knocks out Pakistan following Ajay Jadeja’s sensational assault on Waqar Younis

    Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium witnessed one of the most intense India-Pakistan clashes in the World Cup that day: a captain withdrew, ...

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    In a last-minute change of mind, Raman Sharma decided to change its course and adjusted his hat.

    Shrewd Ajay Jadeja demonstrates how to bat with tail in Ranji Trophy One-Day match

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