Ravindra Jadeja Wiki/ Biography
Ravindra Jadeja is a left-handed international Indian cricketer who is allrounder, middle-arm batsman and slow-left arm bowler. He is the person who represents the first-class cricket, the Saurashtra and Chennai Super Kings in Indian premier league. Ravindra Jadeja net worth in 2019 is $3 million.
Other basic facts
- Age (as in 2019): 30 years
- Hometown: Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
- Zodiac sign/ Sun sign: Sagittarius
- Hair color: Black
- Eye Colour: Black
- Body Measurements: chest – 40 inches; Waist – 32 inches; Biceps – 12 inches
- Height: 170 cm or 5′ 7″ inches or 1.70 m
- Weight: almost 60 kgs or 132 lbs
- Nickname: Jaddu, Rockstar or Sir Ravindra Jadeja
- Jersey Number: 8
- International Debut: ODI debut – 8 February 2009 v Sri Lanka; Test debut – 13 December 2012 v England; T20 debut – 10 February 2009 v Sri Lanka
- Net Worth(Approx): $3 million
- Salary: Retainer Fee – ₹25 lakh; IPL Fee – ₹7 crore; Test Fee – ₹15 lakh; ODI Fee – ₹6 lakh; T20 Fee – ₹3 lakh
Family
Ravindra father’s profession was a security guard and named as Anirudh. He did his job as a security guard for a private security agency. It was his father’s uttermost desire to see him in the army uniform but all of the above he wanted to join cricket and most of the time he was found in playgrounds. His mother’s name is Lata who died in an accident in 2005. He was so attached to his mother and went to trauma after his mother’s death. He was so stressed and wanted to quit cricket. He has two sisters, eldest of them is a nurse professionally and lives in Jamnagar named Naina while the second one is named as Naynaba Jadeja.
House, Bike and Car’s Collection
Ravindra Jadeja owned a house in Jamnagar. He is fond of horse riding so he also has a farmhouse and the favorite thing about him is that he loves to spend time on his farmhouse. He has an Audi A4 car which is of worth four lakhs and a black Hayabusa bike which is of price 18 Lakhs.
Ravindra Jadeja Professional Career and Achievements
He has been a part of the Test, ODI, and T20 concerning international cricket. India won the world cup under his participation in 2008 which was held in Malaysia. He beat Sri Lanka in his first ODI debut by scoring 60 runs in 77 innings on 8 February 2009. After his first debut, his test debut came after four years round about on 13 December 2012, and at that time it was against England at Nagpur.
He played his Test matches on 12 December 2003 against Australia in Adelaide, ODI on 9 January 2004 against Australia in Melbourne and T20 matches on 1 December 2006 against South Africa in Johannesburg. He also played well on a national level and had remained a part of the Saurashtra cricket team which was founded in Gujrat. He becomes aggressive when he comes to the field.
He worked hard to engrave his name among Indian bowlers and especially after the Anil Kumble who had marked his name among the top ICC ODI bowlers ranking. He became famous due to his 3 centuries achievements in the first-class match.
He was given a Ranji Trophy during 2008-2009 of his career. He made 739 runs and took 42 wickets. Due to his excellent performance, he made a place to win the heart of the audience.
Ravindra’s IPL captain was Shane Warne at Rajasthan Royals. He named Jadeja as rockstar because he has enough confidence to go through any tough situation. He is blessed with many qualities like he can bowl overs and overs, can take variation in his natural pitch and so on. He played the role of the spinner in a third test match in India due to his outstanding fielding and batting capability. His efforts bring fruit, and his team performed well to win against Australia in 2013. During 2012-2013 tours Jadeja became India’s leading spinner, and it was due to the Suffering or illness of the R Ashwin. At this time, his bowling was single-dimensional and can rarely penetrate on India’s playgrounds. Once he also had a shoulder injury and he had to go back to home by keeping the match on the way during 2014-2015.
After his injury of 2015, he came back to play in the world cup, but he couldn’t play well and lost his accuracy and previous marvelous record. Doctors suggest him to take rest and he isn’t in such condition to play with such zeal and power as he had before. His shoulder needed to be recovered completely.
After the international matches when it comes towards the national level matches the team or coach couldn’t ignore the Jadeja and selected him in a squad against South Africa.
Ravindra Jadeja Net Worth
Ravindra Jadeja net worth is $3 million. Moreover, he charges various other fees which make up his monthly salary. His retainer’s fee is 25 lakh per annum, 7 lakh per test match, 4 lakh per one day match, 2 lakh per T20 match.
Ravindra Jadeja Wife
He got engaged on 5 February 2016. Ravindra Jadeja marriage was fixed on 17 April 2016, and he decided to get married to Rivaba Solanki. After some years of their wedding, they were blessed with a cute girl, and she was born on 8 June 2017. They call her by the name of Nidhyana.
Scandals/ Issues
Once he fell into a fight with his teammate named Suresh Raina when he was bowling, and Raina dropped 2 catches. This was the match which was played against the West Indies in July 2013. This is one of the highlighted controversial issues of Ravindra.
He was selected to make a tour to England. A match was being played, and he used verbal spat with one of England’s players named James Anderson in 2014.
Some Interesting and Unknown Facts about Ravindra Jadeja
- He worked hard as he belonged to the middle-class family. This demands him to make more efforts to accomplish his dreams.
- He opened a restaurant in Rajkot area of Gujrat which was named ass Jaddu’s food field.
- He has the guts to brandish the sword similar to his bat.
- He loves to play against Pakistan.
- His hobbies are fantastic which include horse riding and resting at his farmhouse, riding bikes and driving cars fast.
- His favorite role model in cricket is Mahindra Singh Dhoni.
- His nickname is Jaddu, Rockstar or Sir Ravindra Jadeja.
- His zodiac sign is Sagittarius and lives in Jamnagar, Gujrat, India.
- He is a man of strong belief.
