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Ravindra Jadeja

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

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.

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Ravindra Jadeja
Bat Avg
33.1
Bowl Avg
30.1

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

4,075
Runs scored
342
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

203 matches

2,880
Runs scored
225
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

315 matches

3,819
Runs scored
221
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

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.

What’s next

Upcoming matches

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Official profile

Elsewhere on the web

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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.

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