Ajay Jadeja

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Ajay Jadeja

India
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	15	196
Runs scored	576	5359
Batting average	26.18	37.47
100s/50s	-/4	6/30
Top score	96	119

Balls bowled	-	1248
Wickets	-	20
Bowling average	-	54.70
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	3/3
Catches/stumpings	5/-	59/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: [1]

Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja pronunciation (help·info) was born on February 1, 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 later overshadowed by a 5 year ban for match-fixing. The ban was later quashed by the Delhi High Court on January 27 2003, making Jadeja eligible to play domestic and international cricket. Jadeja had approached the Delhi High Court on February 2, 2001, challenging the BCCI order imposing the five-year ban on the basis of the K.Madhavan Committee recommendations .

He was born into the royal family of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, which has a cricketing pedigree, producing the likes of K S Ranjitsinhji and K S Duleepsinhji, Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji. His mother is from Kerala.

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.

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 June 3, 2000. He scored 93 in a game that India eventually lost. Jadeja was the top scorer hiting 8 fours and 4 sixes.

Jadeja is currently the captain of Rajasthan and a cricket commentator. He also acted in the 2003 movie, Khel, along with Sunil Shetty.

Career record	First-class	List A
Matches	105	291
Runs scored	7,871	8,304
Batting average	55.27	37.91
100s/50s	20/39	11/48
Top score	264	119
Balls bowled	4,469	2680
Wickets	51	49
Bowling average	40.11	46.06
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best Bowling	4-37	3-03
Catches/Stumpings	71/0	91/1
As of 27 September 2006 Source: [2] Edit this template

v • d • 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 • d • 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 • d • e India squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup

1 Azharuddin (c) • 2 Tendulkar • 3 Ganguly • 4 Dravid • 5 Jadeja • 6 Khurasiya • 7 Mongia (wk) • 8 Srinath • 9 Prasad • 10 Agarkar • 11 Robin Singh • 12 Chopra • 13 Kumble • 14 Mohanty • 15 Ramesh • Coach: Gaekwad