The day when Sir Jadeja revealed himself to be Tirupati Balaji and blessing his devotee

[Real McCoy]

Sir is benevolent even to opponents and unbelievers

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

ye tukka kab laga sir jee se

[Real McCoy]

Think 2014 Asia cup

[Ankit_sharma03]

Just now, Real McCoy said:

Think 2014 Asia cup

such is our so called jadeja all rounder, no one even remeber when miracles came from his bat last in LOI

[Real McCoy]

22 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

such is our so called jadeja all rounder, no one even remeber when miracles came from his bat last in LOI

Hey Warne called him rockstar. Dont dispespect Sir or you would also be made to submit to him

[Ankit_sharma03]

22 minutes ago, Real McCoy said:

Hey Warne called him rockstar. Dont dispespect Sir or you would also be made to submit to him

That means warne was still having drugs in IPL 2008 

[vvvslaxman]

What a coincidence there is an article on him today lol

 

 

https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/jadeja-the-rockstar-from-jamnagar/article27189773.ece

 

 

From age-group tournaments to Under-19 WC and the senior squad, he has made his talent count

We are in Jamnagar, in front of the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital and our cab driver says with a smile: “This is Jadeja’s house…”

However, it’s been years since Ravindra Jadeja and his folks moved to a palatial house, but the locals still remember how a young Revadi - as Jadeja is fondly called - used to play on the premises of the hospital.

Jadeja’s mother, Lataben, worked as a nurse there and the family lived in a one-room flat allotted to her.

Early struggles

There were struggles, but his father Anirudhsinh and Lata ensured that their children - Naina, Padmini and Ravindra - were well taken care of.

“Our parents were strict, but they were soft on Revadi ,” eldest sister Naina says.

Naina remembers how her little brother would complain at not being picked. “He would return home crying every day. Most of the boys were bigger and he would never get a chance to bat,” Naina recollects.

While the parents wanted to enrol him in the Sainik School, the youngster wanted to play cricket.

“He would even talk cricket in his sleep. We thought it was just a phase, but now we know it wasn’t,” Naina laughs.

Then Mahendrasinh Chauhan entered Jadeja’s life.

 

 

An acquaintance of Jadeja’s father, Chauhan was a policeman who played a bit of cricket. He ran coaching sessions at the Cricket Bungalow in the heart of Jamnagar city.

The Cricket Bungalow was just a bare field with a small building serving as a pavilion, and Chauhan - who doesn’t have any coaching certificates - would train a handful of youngsters.

“He was hardly eight, when his parents brought him here. He looked like a shy kid, and I was not convinced he could handle pressure,” Chauhan, sitting in his old office on the ground floor of the Cricket Bungalow, says of Jadeja.

The walls have pictures of a young Jadeja placed diagonally opposite those of Ranjitsinhji and Amar Singh - two of Jamnagar’s icons.

Jadeja soon made it to Saurashtra age-group teams and became a known name on the local circuit.

The family would save newspaper clippings and Lata ensured that her son’s achievements were celebrated.

Things were moving in the right direction for the family. And Jadeja - who had a fascination for bikes - saved every bit of prize money earned in local tournaments to buy a two-wheeler.

Untimely loss

But the joy did not last long as Lata succumbed to burns suffered in a kitchen accident. Jadeja was hardly 16 then. “It took him quite some time to come to terms with the fact that mom was no more,” Naina says.

At the age of 17, he was picked for the 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka along with Rohit Sharma and Jadeja’s State-mate Cheteshwar Pujara.

While the 2006 World Cup wasn’t a memorable one for Jadeja, he bounced back and was named vice-captain for the 2008 World Cup.

Another young talent, Virat Kohli, was captain. The band of boys created history, clinching the title.

Then came the IPL and Jadeja’s life changed forever.

In the inaugural edition, the young gun was picked by Rajasthan Royals and some of the players still remember how at the first nets session, Jadeja saw everyone greeting a white gentleman.

He did not know who he was, so he just nodded from where he was sitting. That was none other than Shane Warne.

Warne’s influence

Over the next few weeks, Warne would go on to call Jadeja a ‘rockstar’ and get the best out of him. “He would call us everyday and tell us what Warne had told him. He was loving all the attention,” Naina says.

In the very next year, he donned India colours. Everything was going like a dream, but then came the nightmare.

Before the 2010 IPL, Mumbai Indians showed interest in acquiring him. He reciprocated, thus breaking league rules. The then in-charge, Lalit Modi, banned Jadeja for a year.

“He was devastated. He would lock himself up and not talk to anyone,” Naina says.

Upswing

She feels Jadeja’s career graph took an upswing when Chennai Super Kings bought him in 2012.

“The Champions Trophy followed next year, where he played a game-changing role,” Naina says, thanking Mahendra Singh Dhoni for helping her brother.

In the last four years, life has changed a lot for Jadeja. He is now happily married and a father.

“He is more mature now. He knows how to handle pressure,” Naina says. She is confident her brother will fare well in England.

“Bharosa hain…,” she says.

[SK_IH]

Only if this idiot had evolved into an actual all rounder post CT2013, Ind team would have been in great shape. In an ideal world one spinner and other spinning all rounder completes this Indian team. But he is a phoney not an all rounder. Virat has wasted a spot on this guy, I hope he doesn't regret it.

 

Edited May 21, 2019 by SK_IH