Ajay Jadeja


Ajaysinhji Jadeja (pronunciation born 1 February 1971), known as Ajay Jadeja, is an Indian former professional cricketer, who was a regular member of the Indian cricket team in the One Day International (ODI) format between 1992 and 2000. He played 15 Test matches and 196 ODIs for India. He also occasionally captained the India national cricket team. He was part of the Indian squad which won the 1995 Asia Cup. Presently, Jadeja is working with the Afghanistan cricket team as the team mentor.

Ajay Jadeja
Jadeja in 2012
Personal information
Full name
Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja
Born (1971-02-01) 1 February 1971
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 196)13 November 1992 v South Africa
Last Test26 February 2000 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 85)28 February 1992 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI3 June 2000 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988–1999Haryana
2000Jammu and Kashmir
2003–2004Delhi
2005–2007Rajasthan
2013Haryana
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 15 196 111 291
Runs scored 576 5,359 8,100 8,304
Batting average 26.18 37.47 54.00 37.91
100s/50s 0/4 6/30 20/40 11/48
Top score 96 119 264 119
Balls bowled 0 1,248 4,703 2,681
Wickets 20 54 49
Bowling average 54.70 39.62 46.10
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/3 4/37 3/3
Catches/stumpings 5/– 59/– 73/– 93/1
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ACC Asia Cup
Winner1995 United Arab Emirates
Runner-up1997 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 January 2018

Due to his alleged involvement in match fixing, on 3 June 2000 Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) life banned him from cricket, later they reduced it to 5 years. On 27 January 2003, Delhi court lifted his ban. However he was never able to play again for Indian cricket team.

After he quit playing cricket, he worked as coach of Delhi cricket team around 2015, in 2000s he acted in few Bollywood movies, appeared as contestant in dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and worked as pundit for SET Max, AajTak, NDTV India etc. various times.

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