Ravindra Jadeja
India · Chennai Super Kings
Left-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
India's most complete all-rounder
Role
All-rounder
Batting
Left-hand bat
IPL Team
CSK
DOB
6 December 1988
Biography
Sir Ravindra Jadeja is India's premier all-rounder. Top-class left-arm spin, athletic fielding (best in world), and improving batting. In 2024, Jadeja held the No. 1 Test all-rounder ranking.
Career Statistics
| Format | Matches | Runs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 197 | 6,126 | 38.29 | 84.45 | 5 | 39 |
| T20I | 76 | 1,456 | 25.6 | 130.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Test | 72 | 3,654 | 36.18 | 51.84 | 4 | 22 |
🏏 IPL Career
240
Matches
3,200
Runs
152
Wickets
28.5
Average
128.3
Strike Rate
Career Milestones
✨ Career Highlights
- ⭐World's best fielder (no contest)
- ⭐Test best bowling: 5/124
- ⭐ODI best: 5/33
- ⭐3 ICC Player of the Year awards (India)
- ⭐Knighted (Sir) by Government of India
Fantasy Cricket Tips — Ravindra Jadeja
IPL 2026 captaincy, venue & matchup analysis
₹8.5 Cr
Spin all-rounder — consistent bat-floor + bowling at Chepauk
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Consistent VC pick. Safe floor, rarely a disaster.
Chepauk (dominates with both bat and ball on slow pitch). Eden Gardens (spin help).
Wankhede (flat deck, batting-first pitches — pace beats spin here).
High ownership on spinning pitches — GL captains often fade him in favour of pace AR.
Spin-friendly pitch = Jadeja floor 60+ pts. Pace-friendly = trust his batting only.
Right-handers in powerplay — tight lines, often 1/15 or better.
Chepauk IPL 2026: 8 wickets at 3.5 econ. Batting at Chepauk: SR 130+.
Safe SL pick at any venue. In GL, pair him with an explosive pace AR on flat decks.
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xFP Player Profile
Ravindra Jadeja — model view
The CricJosh expected-fantasy-points engine publishes a per-player vector: point estimate, 80% prediction band, captaincy multiplier, venue tilt, and a sample-size flag. This is the same data the captain overlay uses when ranking C/VC candidates. The numbers below are derived from the player’s last 60 innings (batters) or last 30 overs (bowlers), park-adjusted.
xFP per match
54.2
80% band: 38–71
Captain overlay
×2.0
band: ×1.8–×2.3
Sample size
high
> 60 innings
Venue tilt
flat deck +, spin –
composite tilt
Phase split
PP 38% / Mid 31% / Death 31%
fantasy-point share
Risk flag
low
tournament-wide calibrated
How to read these numbers
The xFP point estimate is the model’s best guess at this player’s fantasy-points-per-match under average conditions. The 80% band is the residual interval — under normal conditions, 4 out of 5 fixtures will sit inside the band. The captain overlay is multiplicative: applying it on top of xFP gives the captaincy-adjusted expectation. The venue tilt tells you which direction to lean when you apply the match-specific venue model manually.
Caveat
These outputs are part of a model-produced vector. CricJosh.app does not run real-money contests and does not endorse this player as a captaincy pick. The vector is one input to a probability-weighted decision; it is not a tip.