Ajay Jadeja

Ajaysinh Daulatsinh Jadeja

Personal information
Full name	Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja
Born	1 February 1971 (1971-02-01) Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman,
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 196)	13 November 1992 v South Africa
Last Test	26 February 2000 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 85)	28 February 1992 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	3 June 2000 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988/89–1998/99	Haryana
2003/04–2004/05	Jammu and Kashmir
2005/06–2006/07	Rajasthan
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	15	196	109	291
Runs scored	576	5359	8046	8304
Batting average	26.18	37.47	55.10	37.91
100s/50s	0/4	6/30	20/40	11/48
Top score	96	119	264	119
Balls bowled	0	1248	4703	2681
Wickets	–	20	54	49
Bowling average	–	54.70	39.62	46.10
5 wickets in innings	–	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	–	3/3	4/37	3/3
Catches/stumpings	5/–	59/–	73/–	93/1
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008.

Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja Sindhi: اجي جاڙيجا  pronunciation was born on 1 February 1971 in royal rajput family of Jamnagar, Gujarat. He was a regular in the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000, playing in 15 Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals. His cricketing achievements were overshadowed by a 5 year ban for match-fixing. The ban was later quashed by the Delhi High Court on 27 January 2003, making Jadeja eligible to play domestic and international cricket.

Early life

Jadeja was born into a royal rajput family, which has a cricketing pedigree, producing the likes of K. S. Ranjitsinhji-after whom the Ranji Trophy is named and K. S. Duleepsinhji- Duleep Trophy is named in his honour.His royal background comes from his father side Mr. Daulatsinghji P Jadeja, while his mother is a keralite from Allepey District in Kerala. One of his cousin's son is famous cricket player Ravindra Jadeja

Career

Jadeja was a regular in the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000, playing in 15 Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals. He was regarded as one of the best fielders in the Indian team in his time. One of his most remembered innings was his cameo innings in 1996 Cricket World Cup quarter-final against arch rivals Pakistan when he blasted 45 off 25 balls, including 40 from the final two overs by Waqar Younis. Jadeja along with Mohammed Azharuddin holds the record for the highest one day partnership record for the 4th and 5th wicket, set against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka respectively. Jadeja is also renowned for remarkable fielding and considered one of the safest pairs of hands in the Indian team during his tenure.

Another memorable occasion of his career was taking 3 wickets for 3 runs in 1 over against England in Sharjah to win the match for India. Jadeja has captained India in 13 One-day matches. One of Jadeja's favourite hunting grounds was the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, the venue of the quarter-final against Pakistan in the 1996 World Cup. The last time Jadeja played in a One Day International was against Pakistan in the Pepsi Asia Cup on 3 June 2000. He scored 93 in a game that India eventually lost. Jadeja was the top scorer hitting 8 fours and 4 sixes.

Jadeja's cricketing achievements were later overshadowed by a 5 year ban for match-fixing. The ban was later quashed by the Delhi High Court on 27 January 2003, making Jadeja eligible to play domestic and international cricket. Jadeja had approached the Delhi High Court on 2 February 2001, challenging the BCCI order imposing the five-year ban on the basis of the K. Madhavan Committee recommendations.

Jadeja is currently the coach of Rajasthan and a cricket commentator.

Television and film appearances

Jadeja has acted in the 2003 movie, Khel, along with Sunny Deol & Sunil Shetty. He acted in the 2009 movie, Pal Pal Dil Ke Saath, directed by V Krishna Kumar.

Jadeja worked as Cricket Anchor along with Former Pakistan cricket Captain Zaheer Abbas for 2003 ICC Cricket world cup in Zee News channel. He continued his role even for 2007 ICC cricket world cup, before making agreement with NDTV India and NDTV 24*7.

Jadeja on March 2007 before the begin of 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup hinted that India will win the world cup. He also roasted Indian Players Like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa and M S Dhoni. But his expectation went wrong as India failed to make at least to the quarter Finals, it was eliminated at the knock out stage of the tournament.

Ajay Jadeja was a contestant on the celebrity dance show Jhalak Dikhla Ja in its first season. He also appeared on the TV show Comedy Circus.

Over the last few years, Jadeja has been working with NDTV as their cricket analyst. Until 2007-08, Jadeja shared this position with his former teammate Navjot Singh Sidhu. However, following Sidhu's departure from the channel, Jadeja has become one of the pillars of sports journalism on both NDTV India and NDTV 24*7. On march 2010 Jadeja said he is supporting Kings XI Punjab team in IPL and it has chances of winning the tournament.

On April 3, 2011 Jadeja congratulated Indian Cricket Team for becoming the 2011 ICC Cricket world cup champions. He also commented on Indian cricket Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni new hair style in NDTV 24*7. On December 9 2011, Jadeja congratulated Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag on his 219 against West Indies.During that time Jadeja also praised the entire Indian cricket team.

On February 1, 2012 jadeja criticized Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni, he said Dhoni is a good cricketer but he is unfit as a test captain and he should resign as a test captain. During that time Jadeja also praised his former team mate Sachin Tendulkar. Jadeja said he has full hopes on Sachin's 100th cricket century.

Personal life

Ajay Jadeja is married to Aditi Jaitley. Has one child

See also

• List of cricketers banned for match fixing

References

• Ajay Jadeja, Sanjeev Kapoor to put on their dancing shoes on Sony
• I admire the way Ajay deals with everything: Aditi Jaitly
• I’ll keep trying: Ajay Jadeja
• All-rounder, on and off field

External links

• Player profile: Ajay Jadeja from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Ajay Jadeja from CricketArchive

Ajay Jadeja at the Cricket World Cup