Sir Ravindra Jadeja turn 29 today.
Sir Ravindra Jadeja turn 29 today.
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Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja that the full name of Indian left-arm spinner commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja. He is amazing all-rounder and hold number one spot in All-rounder list, 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 began his career as a part of the Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008 under the captaincy of current Indian Captain the run machine Virat Kohli. Ravindra Jadeja 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 three years after his ODI debut, on 13 December 2012, against England at Nagpur.

 

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was bought for around 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 (2015,2016). On 22 January 2017, Jadeja became the first Indian left arm spinner to take 150 One Day International wickets with his best figure of 5 wickets for 36 runs. In March 2017, he became the top ranked bowler in the world leaving behind Ravichandran Ashwin who held that position for a long time. Jadeja became the fastest left-arm bowler to reach 150 wickets in terms of number of Tests played which include his best performance of 7 for 48 runs. We wish Sir Jadeja a very Happy Birthday.

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