Ace Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja caught the attention of the cricket fraternity at the age of 20 when Australia legend Shane Warne dubbed him a ‘rockstar in the making’. Jadeja met Warner during the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League and played a key role in the first edition of the Rajasthan Royals. IPL victory in 2008. After his IPL success, Jadeja was included in India’s squad for the 2009 T20 World Cup.
The Saurashtra lad did not live up to the expectations and was mocked as ‘Sir Jadeja’ by Indian fans for his disastrous campaign. However, the left-handed dasher did not let himself fall into the trap of all the negativity and brilliantly went on to become one of the leading all-rounders in the country.
on Monday as he celebrates his 33rd birthday; Here we take a look at her top exposure in Indian colours:
77 off 59 balls and 1/34 vs New Zealand in Manchester (2019)
Jadeja’s best performance as a batsman came during the semi-final of the 2019 fifty-over World Cup against New Zealand in 2019. The southeast was India’s best performance in an ODI, which lasted two days due to a weather interruption.
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Bowling first, Jadeja was India’s best bowler in terms of economy as he took one for 34 in ten overs. He also gave a crucial run out to Ross Taylor with his power fielding. Chasing a target of 240 runs for victory, Team India lost its six batsmen for just 92 runs.
And, then ‘Sir Jadeja’ came and put on a 116-run partnership for the seventh wicket with former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to revive India’s innings. He played a quick innings of 77 runs in 59 balls before being dismissed by Trent Boult. Soon after, India were bowled out for 221, losing the match by 18 runs.
66* runs and 2/47 runs in 45 balls against New Zealand in Auckland (2014)
Ravindra Jadeja was the bowler as well as the batsman during the third ODI of the five-match series against New Zealand in Auckland in 2014. Bowling first, he took two for 47 as India piled on New Zealand. 314 runs.
Chasing a target of 315 runs for victory, the difficulties of Team India increased as they lost their top six for just 182 runs. But Jadeja’s lower-order batting came in handy once again as he scored an unbeaten 66 off 45 balls to take India to 314/9 as the match ended in a tie.
33* and 24/2 runs in 25 balls against England in Birmingham (2013)
Jadeja was India’s best bowler, best fielder and best batsman as the Men in Blue defeated England by five runs to win the 2013 Champions Trophy in Birmingham. England captain Alastair Cook elected to bat after winning the toss in a rain-hit 20 over match.
Taking advantage of the swing conditions in Birmingham, England bowlers bowled India out for 66/5 in 13 overs. Jadeja batting at number seven Virat Kohli (43 off 34 balls) bundled out India for 129 for the loss of seven wickets.
During the second innings of the match, Jadeja took two wickets for 24 runs to restrict the English team to 124/8 in 20 overs.
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