
Jadeja made his first-class debut in the 2006–07 Duleep Trophy. He played a crucial role with the ball in the tournament, taking 10 wickets in 6 games at an average of 13. He was the vice-captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup. India finished runners-up with Jadeja impressing in the final against Pakistan with a haul of 3 wickets. He was picked in the Indian squad for the 2006 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. Jadeja made his first Under-19 appearance for India in 2005 at the age of 16.

Jadeja married Reeva Solanki on 17 April 2016. His mother Lata died in an accident in 2005 and the trauma of his mother's death almost made him quit cricket. His father wanted him to become an Army officer but his interest was in Cricket, he was scared of his father in his childhood. His father Anirudh was a watchman for a private security agency. Jadeja was born on 6 December 1988 in a Gujarati Rajput family in Navagam Ghed city of Jamnagar district in Gujarat. In March 2017, he became the top ranked bowler in the world leaving behind Ravichandran Ashwin who held that position for a long time. On 22 January 2017, Jadeja became the first Indian left-arm spinner to take 150 One Day International wickets, when he dismissed Sam Billings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. He was bought by the Gujarat Lions in the 2016 IPL Players Auction for ₹9.5 crores after the Chennai Super Kings were banned from the IPL for two seasons. Jadeja was bought for $2 million by the Chennai Super Kings at the 2012 IPL Players Auction. However, his Test debut came almost four years later, on 13 December 2012, against England at Nagpur. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 8 February 2009 and scored an unbeaten 60 off 77 balls in that match. Jadeja was part of the Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008 under the captaincy of the current Indian captain Virat Kohli.

He represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He has consistently been considered one of the best fielders in world cricket. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed in the middle-order and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988), commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja, is an Indian international cricketer.
