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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{Use British English| date=August 2017}}
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{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1944}}
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| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = Businessman
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| known_for = Owner of [[British Cricket Balls Ltd]]
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'''Dilip Jajodia''' (born 1944)<ref name=HT>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business/dilip-jajodia-man-who-makes-english-bowlers-swing/story-U36jXZAjWziPuHGGYVmkHP.html| title= Dilip Jajodia: man who makes English bowlers swing| last=Sonwalkar| first=Prasun| work=[[Hindustan Times]]| date=21 November 2013| accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=IE>{{cite news| url= http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/east-end-of-london-ball-maker-dilip-jajodia-iconic-dukes-balls-4698075/| title= Keeping the shine of the Dukes ball| last=Sundaresan | first=Bharat| work=[[The Indian Express]]| date=11 June 2017| accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref> is an Indian businessman, and current owner of [[British Cricket Balls Ltd]], which manufactures the [[Dukes cricket ball]].

==Personal life==
Jajodia's family are from the [[Marwar]] region of [[Rajasthan]] in north-west India. He studied at the [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]] in [[Bangalore]], India, and has a degree in management. In 1962, Jajodia moved with his family to England.<ref name=HT/><ref name=IE/> He played [[club cricket]] in India and England<ref name=IE/> as an [[all-rounder]].<ref name=Print>{{cite news| url= https://theprint.in/sport/the-indian-behind-the-swing-seam-and-spin-that-left-india-short-at-edgbaston/94589/| title= The Indian behind the swing, seam and spin that left India short at Edgbaston|last=Vasu| first=Anand| work=The Print| date=8 August 2018| accessdate=24 December 2018}}</ref> Jadojia says that he "lost his edge" after suffering a mouth injury fielding at [[silly point]].<ref name=Print/> Jajodia lives in north-east London, and runs the [[Woodford Wells]] Cricket Club.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/20/ball-tickled-pink-cricket-day-nighters-dukes| title= If the ball is anything to go by we could be tickled pink by cricket day-nighters| last=MacPhearson| first= Will| work=[[The Guardian]]| date=20 June 2017| accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=IE/> In 2019, Jajodia delivered a [[Gen KS Thimayya]] memorial lecture.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/time-for-some-flashback-with-dilip-jajodia/article30104297.ece| title= Cricket and Cottons: Dukes ball owner Dilip Jajodia talks about his Bangalore connection| work=[[The Hindu]]| date=18 November 2019| accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Dukes cricket ball.png|thumb|right|A Dukes cricket ball]]
In England, Jajodia worked as a [[Chartered (professional)#Titles|Chartered Insurance Practitioner]] and a [[pension fund]] manager.<ref name=HT/> Jajodia started working in cricket ball manufacturing in 1983.<ref name=IE/> In 1987, Jajodia bought [[British Cricket Balls Ltd]], the company that manufactures the [[Dukes cricket ball]], from [[Gray-Nicolls]].<ref name=HT/><ref name=Independent/><ref name=IE/> Jajodia moved the manufacturing of Dukes cricket balls from [[Tunbridge Wells]] to [[Walthamstow]].<ref name=IE/> Jajodia specifically chooses by hand the cricket balls to send to cricket venues for matches.<ref name=IE/> Dukes balls are used in matches in England and the West Indies.<ref name=Hindu>{{cite news| url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ball-should-be-made-for-the-conditions-not-vice-versa-dilip-jajodia/article29924988.ece| title= Ball should be made for the conditions, not vice versa: Dilip Jajodia| work=[[The Hindu]]| date=8 November 2019| accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref>

In 2017, Jajodia was in attendance at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] for the first [[Sheffield Shield]] match to use the Dukes ball rather than the traditional [[Kookaburra ball]].<ref name=Independent>{{cite news| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/dukes-ball-australia-ashes-kookaburra-sheffield-shield-dilip-jajodia-history-fear-losing-a7569006.html| title= How Australian cricket has broken with history through a fear of losing the Ashes| last=Edwards| first=Richard| work=[[The Independent]]| date=8 February 2017| accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref> After [[Indian cricket team in England in 2018|India's 2018 series in England]], Jajodia said he has no plans to market the Dukes ball in India.<ref name=Hindu/> After the [[West Indian cricket team in England in 2020|West Indies 2020 series in England]], in which saliva could not be used to clean the cricket balls due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Jajodia said that he was happy with the swing of the Dukes balls.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.insidesport.co/england-vs-west-indies-dukes-ball-md-dilip-jajodia-happy-with-ball-movement-under-no-saliva-conditions/| title= England vs West Indies: Dukes ball MD Dilip Jajodia happy with ball movement under ‘no saliva’ conditions| work=Inside Sport| date=22 July 2020| accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref>

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