Ravindra Jadeja, the upcoming cricketer of India cricket team is more in news these days for his performances off the field rather than on the crease. A new person seeing Jadeja for the first time will form a negative or an apprehensive opinion about him. His image would be of a controversial cricketer. But one must not forget that this was the same guy who was the part of Indian U-19 world cup champion team of 2008 and was majorly responsible for Rajasthan Royals win in the first season of IPL.

This all rounder cricketer who is a left handed batsman and bowler is really a shy and down to earth guy in personal life. In fact, his inclination towards music might have landed him up as a musician had it not been for his first and foremost passion cricket! It was his mother’s dream to see his son wearing the Indian team colors. Sadly, she died in 2005 before seeing Ravindra Jadeja playing for Indian cricket team.

Here are some stats and facts about Ravindra Jadeja

Full name- Anirudhsinh Ravindra Jadeja

Date of birth- December 6, 1988

Place of birth- Navagam-Khed, Saurashtra

Nickname- Revadi

Batting style- Left handed

Bowling style- Slow left arm orthodox

Cricketing debut- In 2006-07 Duleep Trophy match played in Indore, half-century for the West Zone team

T20 debut- Against Maharashtra in Mumbai on April 4, 2007

IPL- Selected in 2008 for Rajasthan Royals team owned by Emerging Media

Controversies

Involved in the pub brawl incident that took place in T20 World Cup 2010 in West Indies
Was banned from IPL for a whole year just before IPL season 3 started. He was found guilty of negotiating with Mumbai Indians for a higher pay.

Ravindra Jadeja although going through a bad phase is expected to recover soon according to the team captain M.S.Dhoni!

Ravindra Jadeja whose career took a real setback after his controversial ouster from IPL 3 this year was all set to rock the T20 World Cup 2010 in. But it looks like the lady luck is in no mood to visit this ruffled star for some time now. Apparently, Ravindra Jadeja is being held responsible for the Indian team’s early exit from the world cup.

Incidentally, this is the second time that the youngster failed to perform in the T20 World Cup.  Jadeja gave instances of his under preparation by dropping catches, leaked runs etc. Sadly, this performance was a shocker after the huge claims made by Jadeja in his earlier interviews before the T20 world cup. He was very sure about his training and fitness regime which he was following during his banned IPL period. Although, he did regret the lost training ground which IPL might have provided for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2010.

But the 14 run defeat of India to West Indies was the final bow in the ouster of Indian team from world cup game. This was the game which brought much mud on the name of Ravindra Jadeja. Interestingly, his back is being watched by none other than the team captain himself. Mahendra Singh Dhoni in his interview implored the media to not to target the poor chap for India’s defeat.

Let’s see what the remaining cricket season hold for Ravindra Jadeja who was incidentally the member of the under 19 junior world cup winning team three years ago.