Ajay Jadeja

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Ajaysinh Daulatsinh Jadeja

Personal information
Full name	Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja
Born	(1971-02-01) 1 February 1971 (age 41) 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 ^[1] (Sindhi: اجي جاڙيجا) ( pronunciation (help·info)) was born on 1 February 1971 in 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. He was most remembered for quick hitting in the finishing overs in late 1990s.

Early life

Jadeja was born into a family which has a cricketing pedigree. His relatives include K. S. Ranjitsinhji, after whom the Ranji Trophy is named, and K. S. Duleepsinhji, for whom the Duleep Trophy is named.

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^[when?] the coach of Rajasthan and a cricket commentator.

Television and film appearances

Jadeja acted in the 2003 movie Khel with Sunny Deol and Sunil Shetty. He also acted in the 2009 movie, Pal Pal Dil Ke Saath, directed by V Krishna Kumar.^[2]

Jadeja worked for Zeenews as a cricket anchor, along with Zaheer Abbas, the former Pakistan cricket captain, during the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. He reprised the role for the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. Later, he signed to work as a cricket analyst with NDTV India and NDTV 24*7.

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.^[3]

Personal life

Ajay Jadeja is married to Aditi Jaitley and the couple have two children, Aiman and Aana. Aiman is part of The Shri Ram School, New Delhi, India. They live in South Delhi, New Delhi

See also

• List of cricketers banned for match fixing

References

External links

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

Ajay Jadeja at the Cricket World Cup
v t e India squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 Azharuddin (c) 2 Kapil Dev 3 Srikkanth 4 Shastri 5 Manjrekar 6 Tendulkar 7 Jadeja 8 Kambli 9 Amre 10 Prabhakar 11 Srinath 12 More (wk) 13 Raju 14 Banerjee
v t e India squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Azharuddin (c) 2 Tendulkar 3 Jadeja 4 Sidhu 5 Kambli 6 Manjrekar 7 Mongia (wk) 8 Srinath 9 Prasad 10 Kumble 11 Prabhakar 12 Raju 13 Ankola 14 Kapoor Coach: Wadekar (Coach cum Manager)
v t e India squad – 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Azharuddin (c) 2 Ganguly 3 Jadeja 4 Ramesh 5 Dravid 6 Robin Singh 7 Agarkar 8 Kumble 9 Mongia (wk) 10 Tendulkar 11 Prasad 12 Chopra 13 Mohanty 14 Srinath 15 Khurasiya Coach: Gaekwad