Ravindra Jadeja
RA Jadeja is one of the most durable all-rounders in international and franchise cricket, representing India Cricket (260 matches), Chennai Super Kings (135 matches) and several other IPL franchises across a career that now spans 606 appearances. He has scored 10,774 runs at a batting average of 33.15 and taken 788 wickets at a bowling average of 30.12. His primary competition by match volume is the Indian Premier League, where he has played 250 times. On recent form he has been active in the 2026 IPL, contributing a 45-ball innings of 45 against Sunrisers Hyderabad and a tidy 2/18 against Chennai Super Kings earlier in the tournament.

2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder
Recent form
Jadeja's last ten outings split across the 2026 IPL and a home ODI series against New Zealand and South Africa. In the IPL he struck 45 off 32 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad and picked up 2/18 agai
Strongest format
Indian Premier League — The IPL accounts for 250 of Jadeja's 606 career matches and is the competition where he has played most. His T20 hitting rate of 130.01 in the format
Career stats overview
88 Test · 203 ODI · 315 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
88 matches
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
203 matches
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
315 matches
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
788 wickets across all formats
Jadeja has claimed 788 wickets in 606 career appearances at a bowling average of 30.12 and an economy of 3.99. That haul spans Tests, ODIs, T20 Internationals and the IPL, making him one of the most prolific all-format wicket-takers in the game.
Test cricket is where the numbers peak
Across 88 Test matches Jadeja averages 38.44 with the bat and 25.46 with the ball, conceding just 2.59 runs per over. That bowling economy is comfortably his best in any format and underpins his value in the longest game.
250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets
His IPL record is built over 250 matches, yielding 173 wickets at an economy of 7.68 and 3,336 runs at a strike rate of 130.01. He has spent the most appearances of any franchise stint at Chennai Super Kings (135 matches).
Strong returns against England
In 53 matches against England Cricket, Jadeja has scored 2,181 runs at a batting average of 41.94 and taken 126 wickets at an economy of 3.13. Both figures are his best against any Test-playing nation in the head-to-head data.
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium his most productive venue
At Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Jadeja averages 51.86 with the bat across 14 matches, higher than at any other ground in the warehouse data. He has also taken 24 wickets there at an economy of 3.35.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams RA Jadeja has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 57
- Runs
- 1,349
- Wickets
- 140
England
- Matches
- 53
- Runs
- 2,181
- Wickets
- 126
West Indies
- Matches
- 38
- Runs
- 787
- Wickets
- 86
New Zealand
- Matches
- 31
- Runs
- 906
- Wickets
- 56
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 30
- Runs
- 791
- Wickets
- 66
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 476
- Wickets
- 23
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Matches
- 28
- Runs
- 484
- Wickets
- 27
Delhi Capitals
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 436
- Wickets
- 22
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where RA Jadeja has turned out most often.
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 46
- Runs
- 710
- Wickets
- 63
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 401
- Wickets
- 34
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 481
- Wickets
- 39
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 277
- Wickets
- 33
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 295
- Wickets
- 52
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 327
- Wickets
- 28
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 363
- Wickets
- 24
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 455
- Wickets
- 23
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
RA Jadeja's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.