Born on December 6, 1988, Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja, is a professional cricketer. He plays as a left-handed middle-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Jadeja represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He was part of the Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He also represented Indian U-19 cricket team in 2006. Jadeja also represented India in the 2009 and 2010 ICC World Twenty20 competitions. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 8 February 2009 and scored an unbeaten 60 in that match. However, his Test debut came almost four years later, in December 2012, against England at Nagpur. He was bought for $2 million by the Chennai Super Kings at the 2012 IPL Players Auction. Jadeja made his first-class debut in the 2006–07 Duleep Trophy. He plays for West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy. In 2012, Jadeja became the eighth player in history, and the first Indian player, to score three first-class triple centuries in his career, joining Don Bradman, Brian Lara, Bill Ponsford, Walter Hammond, WG Grace, Graeme Hick and Mike Hussey.
Jadeja caught the attention of the national selectors with his strong all-round showing in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy – 42 wickets and 739 runs – and was picked for the ODI series in Sri Lanka. His international debut came in the final match of the series on 8 February 2009 where he scored 60*, although India lost the match. In the 2009 World Twenty20, Jadeja was criticized for not scoring fast enough in India’s loss to England.
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1. Who won the first match of the 3-match India-Australia Hockey Test series?
2. Who is the president of J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association?
3. Who won bronze medal in World Wushu Championship at Jakarta in Indonesia?
4. Which team won the Cooch Behar Trophy match played between J&K and Punjab at GGM Science College Hostel ground recently?
5. Who is Surinder Singh Bagal?
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1. Rain stopped play and the innings was not completed 2.KKR 3. Rohit Chib 4. Pranav Gupta 5. J&K’s former Ranji Trophy cricketer.
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