Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra Jadeja wiki, age, height, wife, sisters, family, parents, education, net worth & more
| Biography | |
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| Name | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Full Name | Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja |
| Nickname | Rockstar Jaddu Sir Ravindra Jadeja |
| Profession | Indian International cricketer |
| Major teams | India (2009-Present) Saurashtra (2006-Present) Chennai Super Kings (2012-15, 2018-Present) Gujarat Lions (2016-17) Kochi Tuskers Kerala (2011) Rajasthan Royals (2008-09) |
| Date of Birth | December 6, 1988 |
| Age (In 2023) | 35 Years |
| Birth Place | Navagam Ghed, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Hometown | Navagam Ghed, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Rajput |
| Mother Tongue | Gujarati |
| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
| Height | in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 8in |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Wife | Rivaba Jadeja (politician) |
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| Marriage Date | April 17, 2016 |
| Girlfriend(s)/Affair(s) | Chetna Jha |
| Children | |
| Daughter(s) | Nidhyana Jadeja |
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| Parents | |
| Father | Anirudhsinh Jadeja (watchman) |
| Mother | Late Lata Jadeja (nurse) |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Sister(s) | Naina Jadeja aka Naynaba Jadeja (politician) Padmini Jadeja |
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| Other Relative(s) | |
| Father-in-law | Hardevsinh Solanki |
| Mother-in-law | Prafullaba Solanki |
| Brother-in-law(s) | Vivek Sharma Shatu Solanki |
| Cricket Information | |
| Playing role | All-rounder |
| Batting style | Left-handed bat |
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Test debut | December 13, 2012 vs England at Nagpur |
| ODI debut | February 8, 2009 vs Sri Lanka at Colombo |
| T20I debut | February 10, 2009 vs Sri Lanka at Colombo |
| Education Details | |
| School | Not Known |
| College | Not attended |
| Educational Qualification | School Dropout |
| twitter.com/imjadeja (5.1m followers) | |
| facebook.com/ImRavindraJadeja (10m followers) | |
| instagram.com/royalnavghan/ (7.1m followers) | |
| Manager’s Email | [email protected] |
| Other Details | |
| Awards | Arjuna Award : 2019 ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2013, 2016 |
| Salary | ₹16 crore (IPL) ₹7 Crore (BCCI Grade A+ Contract) |
| Net Worth (Approx) | ₹115 crore |
| Political Inclination | BJP |
| Hobbies | Horse Riding |
Childhood Picture | |
| Ravindra Jadeja is an Indian international cricketer. He plays as an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. Jadeja represents Saurashtra in domestic cricket and plays for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). | |
| He was born on 6 December 1988 into a lower middle-class Gujarati Rajput Hindu family to Anirudhsinh Jadeja and his wife Lata Jadeja in Navagam Ghed, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Jadeja has 2 elder sisters, Naina Jadeja and Padmini Jadeja. | |
| His father Anirudhsinh Jadeja worked as a watchman for a private security agency. He was a strict father and wanted his son to become an Army officer but destiny had other plans. | |
| His mother Lata Jadeja worked as a nurse at a government hospital. She died in a tragic accident in 2005. | |
| Eldest sister, Naina Jadeja also known as Naynaba Jadeja initially worked as a nurse in the same hospital as her mother before starting her career in politics. | |
His second sister, Padmini Jadeja got married to Haryana’s Vivek Sharma on 3 December 2016. 1 | |
| He was part of the Indian squad for the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. India finished runners-up with Jadeja impressing in the final match against Pakistan, where he took 3 wickets by giving away just 16 runs in his 8 overs and helped the Indian team restrict Pakistan to a modest score of just 109 runs. In reply, the Indian team was all out for just 71 runs and lost the match by 38 runs. 2 | |
| He was the vice-captain of the Indian team which won the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia under the leadership of Virat Kohli. 3 | |
| Jadeja was signed by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for Rs. 12 lakh for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 and was with them in 2009 also. However, he was banned from the 2010 IPL for attempting to get a contract from other franchises without informing his current team i.e. Rajasthan Royals (RR). 4 | |
| He made his international debut in an ODI match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on 8 February 2009, where he scored 60* but India lost the match by 68 runs. 5 | |
| Two days later, on 10 February 2009, he made his T20I debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo. 6 | |
| In 2011, he was signed by Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK) for INR 4.37 crore. | |
He opened a family restaurant named “Jaddu’s Food Field” in Rajkot in 2012. In October 2017, Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s health department raided his restaurant and found stale food in the cricketer’s restaurant. 7 | |
| In the 2012 IPL player auction, Jadeja became the most expensive player of the season as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bought him for INR 12.8 crore. | |
| In December 2012, Jadeja became the eighth batsman and first Indian player to score three triple-centuries in first-class cricket, joining the illustrious company of WG Grace, Bill Ponsford, Don Bradman, Wally Hammond, Graeme Hick, Brian Lara and Michael Hussey. He was just 23 years old at that time. 8 | |
| He made his Test debut against England at Nagpur on 13 December 2012, where he bowled 70 overs and picked 3/117. 9 | |
| In 2016, he again went under the hammer as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) faced a two-year ban. He was bought by Gujarat Lions (GL) for INR 5.5 crore in the 2016 IPL player auction. | |
Ravindra Jadeja married Reeva Solanki, a mechanical engineering graduate hailing from the Junaghad district of Gujarat in a private ceremony at the Seasons Hotel in Rajkot on 17 April 2016. His in-laws gifted the cricketer a brand new Audi Q7 costing around Rs. 95 lakhs.  There was a controversy after the video of a man firing gunshots at the wedding went viral on social media because as per the gun law in India, celebratory gunshots are a punishable offense. 10  | |
| Ravindra Jadeja and Rivaba Jadeja were blessed with a baby girl named Nidhyana on 8 June 2017. 11 | |
| On 22 January 2017, Jadeja became the first Indian left-arm spinner to take 150 wickets in ODIs after dismissing England opener Sam Billings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. 12 | |
While doing commentary in a 2019 World Cup match, Sanjay Manjrekar criticized Jadeja by calling him a ‘bits and pieces player’. To this, Jadeja said that he has heard enough of Manjrekar’s verbal diarrhea and that the former cricketer should respect people who have achieved more than him. However, Manjrekar apologized after Jadeja’s performance in the World Cup semifinal match against New Zealand, where Jadeja slammed a breathtaking 77 off 59 deliveries and nearly won the match for India from a hopeless situation. 13 | |
He was featured on the cover page of Urbane magazine’s March 2020 edition. | |
| Ahead of the 2022 IPL season, Jadeja, who had never captained at the senior level before was announced as captain of the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise. However, Jadeja, who had been struggling with bat and ball stepped down in the middle of the season just after eight matches and handed over the leadership back to Dhoni for the remainder of the season to focus more on his game. 14 15 | |
His wife, Rivaba Jadeja was given a ticket by the BJP from the Jamnagar North constituency in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. It is interesting to note that Ravindra Jadeja’s father, Anirudhsinh Jadeja, and his sister, Naynaba Jadeja campaigned for the Congress candidate Bipendrasinh Chatursinh Jadeja. Rivaba won the election by defeating her nearest rival Karshanbhai Karmur of the Aam Aadmi Party by 53,570 votes. Rivaba is the niece of Congress politician Hari Singh Solanki and has also served as the chief of the women’s wing of Karni Sena. 16 | |
Ravindra Jadeja is proud of his Rajput roots and is famous for his sword-wielding celebrations on the field whenever he gets to a milestone while batting. 17 | |
Jadeja has a flower design tattoo on his back and a horse tattoo on his forearm to show his love for horses. | |
He loves horses and has many horses in his farmhouse. | |
| Ravindra Jadeja’s estimated net worth is around ₹115 crore. He earns ₹7 crore through his BCCI Grade A+ Contract and has a ₹16 crore contract with Chennai Super Kings. His car collection includes an Audi Q7 (₹65 Lakh), an Audi A4 (₹46 Lakh) and a BMW X drive (₹40 Lakh). 18 | |
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