Ravindra Jadeja Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
By Rachel Newton
Ravindra Jadeja Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Ravindra Jadeja Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Ravindra Jadeja is an Indian international cricketer. He is best known for being an all-rounder, who serves as a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm bowler for the Indian international team. Besides international cricket, he is also a member of the team Saurashtra in first-class cricket and represents the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
Born Name
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja
Nick Name
Jaddu, Rockstar
Sun Sign
Sagittarius
Born Place
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Residence
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Nationality
Occupation
Indian International Cricketer
Family
- Father – Anirudhsinh Jadeja (Watchman)
- Mother – Lata Jadeja
- Siblings – Naina Jadeja (Sister), Padmini Jadeja (Sister)
Manager
CornerStone
Bowling Style
Slow Left-Arm Orthodox
Batting style
Left-Handed
Role
All-Rounder
Shirt Number
8
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 7 in or 170 cm
Weight
65 kg or 143.5 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Ravindra has dated –
- (2016-Present) – Ravindra Jadeja got married to Rivasinh aka Rivaba Jadeja on April 17, 2016. She joined the Indian political party BJP in April 2019. Together, they are proud parents to a daughter born in June 2017.
Race / Ethnicity
Asian (Indian)
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Heavy beard
- Wears a cap most of the time
Brand Endorsements
Ravindra has done endorsement work for brands like –
- Gujarat Tourism
- Incredible India
- Zeven
- Life OK
Religion
Hinduism
Best Known For
Being an Indian international cricketer and representing Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League
First ODI
Ravindra played his first ODI match on February 8, 2009, against Sri Lanka.
First T20
Ravindra made his appearance in T20 on February 10, 2009, against Sri Lanka.
First Test
Ravindra made his Test match debut on December 13, 2012, against England.
Personal Trainer
Ravindra keeps himself in shape by training hard. As he is part of the Indian International team, he has to maintain a fitness regimen. Some of the workouts that he carries out include speed development training, box jumps, side touches, maximizing aerobic velocity, and wide to narrow squat jumps.
Ravindra Jadeja Facts
- When he was younger, his father wanted him to be an army person.
- He was interested in cricket but was scared of his father.
- In 2005, his mother passed away in an accident that traumatized him so much that he wanted to quit cricket.
- He made his first-class debut in October 2006.
- In 2005, he made his Under-19 debut for India at the age of 16 and was again picked in the Indian squad for the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.
- He impressed everyone in the final of the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup against Pakistan where he took 3 wickets and India ended up being the runners-up.
- Ravindra was made the vice-captain of the Indian team in the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup where he took a total of 10 wickets in 6 games at an average of 13 and India emerged victoriously.
- In 2008, he was part of the Indian U-19 cricket team that went on to win the World Cup in Malaysia and the team was led by the Indian Captain .
- On February 8, 2009, Ravindra played his first ODI match against Sri Lanka and made 60 runs on 77 balls in that match.
- It took him 4 years after his ODI debut to make his test debut which was on December 13, 2012, against England at Nagpur.
- In 2012, Chennai Super Kings bought him for $2 million at the IPL Players Auction.
- Later in 2016, when Chennai Super Kings got banned from the IPL for 2 seasons, Gujarat Lions paid ₹9.5 crores for him in the IPL Players Auction.
- On January 22, 2017, he set a record when he became the first-ever Indian left-arm spinner to take 150 wickets in One Day International. To set this record, he took the wicket of at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
- In March 2017, Ravindra was named the top-ranked bowler in the world, beating who had been in that position for so long.
- In June 2026, Jadeja had climbed to the #1 position in ICC’s All-Rounders Test rankings.
- In March 2026, Jadeja made a record of scoring the highest-ever Test score by an Indian, batting at #7. He had scored 175*(228) in the first innings in the first Test match against Sri Lanka in Mohali, Punjab, India.
- In March 2026, Jadeja became the #1 all-rounder in Test cricket after ICC released its latest rankings. He had achieved this feat after he had taken 9 wickets and scored 175* in 228 deliveries against Sri Lanka in Mohali, Punjab, India.
- During IPL 2026, he got to captain the IPL team Chennai Super Kings after stepped down from the captaincy position. He played 8 matches as captain out of which his team won only 2. After that, he handed over the captaincy to MS Dhoni again.
- In the middle of Asia Cup 2026, Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out of the remaining tournament matches due to a right knee injury. He was replaced by .
- Jadeja underwent knee surgery in September 2026. Because he was still recovering, he also missed T20 World Cup 2026.
- On February 9, 2026, on the first day of the Test match against Australia in Nagpur, Jadeja was in the news because he was seen rubbing a substance (which he had taken off the back of ‘s palm with his right hand) on the index finger of his bowling hand (which is left hand). He didn’t apply anything to the ball itself. Later, the Indian team management clarified it was pain-relief cream.
- In March 2026, Jadeja was promoted to Grade A+ from Grade A which meant he started getting ₹7 crores annually instead of previously ₹5 crores. Virat Kohli, , and were the only other 3 players in the 7-crore bracket.
- In September 2026, Jadeja became India’s joint-highest wicket-taker in ODI Asia Cup history. He had taken 22 wickets until that time along with .
- In February 2026, his father revealed that he was not on good terms with his son Ravindra. At that time, he was living alone in a 2BHK house in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Just after 3 months of Ravindra’s marriage in 2016, he separated from his son. According to him, Rivaba was only after Ravindra’s money and even wanted everything to be transferred in her name after 3 months of marriage.
- In February 2026, he completed 500 wickets in first-class cricket. He took 125 first-class matches to reach the milestone.
Featured Image by Ravindra Jadeja / Instagram
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