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{{Infobox cricketer
{{Infobox cricketer
| name              = Ajaysinhji Jadeja
| name              = Ajay Jadeja
| image              = Ajay jadega.jpg
| image              = Ajay jadega.jpg
| caption            = Jadeja in 2012
| country            = India
| country            = India
| fullname          = Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja  
| fullname          = Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja  
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| batting            = Right-handed
| batting            = Right-handed
| bowling            = Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]]
| bowling            = Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]]
| role              = Batsman
| role              = All-rounder
| family            = [[Chatrapalsinhji]] (uncle)
| family            = {{ubl|[[D. P. Jadeja|Daulatsinhji Jadeja]] (father)|[[Chatrapalsinhji]] (uncle)}}
| international      = true
| international      = true
| internationalspan  = 1992–2000
| internationalspan  = 1992–2000
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'''Ajaysinhji Jadeja''' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29632.html |title=Ajay Jadeja, Cricket players |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> ({{audio|Ajay Jadeja.ogg|pronunciation}} born 1 February 1971), known as '''Ajay Jadeja''', is an Indian former professional [[Cricket|cricketer]], who was a regular member of the [[Indian cricket team]] between 1992 and 2000. He played 15 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 196 [[One Day International]]s for India.
'''Ajaysinhji Jadeja''' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29632.html |title=Ajay Jadeja, Cricket players |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> ({{audio|Ajay Jadeja.ogg|pronunciation}} born 1 February 1971), known as '''Ajay Jadeja''', is an Indian former professional [[Cricket|cricketer]], who was a regular member of the [[Indian cricket team]] between 1992 and 2000. He played 15 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 196 [[One Day International]]s for India.


His cricketing achievements were overshadowed by a five-year ban for [[Match fixing|match-fixing]]. The ban was later quashed by the [[Delhi High Court]] on 27 January 2003, making Jadeja eligible to play domestic and international cricket. He was most remembered for hitting and quick finishing of the overs in late 1990s.
== Personal life ==
Jadeja was born into an erstwhile [[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar royal family]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Journal of Indo-judaic Studies, Volumes 1–4 |year=1998 |publisher=Society for Indo-Judaic Studies |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9wsAQAAIAAJ&q=ajay+jadeja+royal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=I am suffering irreparably: Ajay Jadeja Ajay Jadeja studied in the esteemed Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi  |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune-times/I-am-suffering-irreparably-Ajay-Jadeja/articleshow/33617885.cms |access-date=25 June 2013 |newspaper=Times of India |date=7 January 2003}}</ref> which has a cricketing pedigree. His relatives include [[K. S. Ranjitsinhji]], after whom the [[Ranji Trophy]] is named, and [[K. S. Duleepsinhji]], for whom the [[Duleep Trophy]] is named. Jadeja's Father  [[D._P._Jadeja|Daulatsinhji Jadeja]] was a 3 time Member of Parliament from Jamnagar Loksabha. His mother is a native of [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/sports/cricket/sanju-samson-replies-to-ajay-jadeja-s-remark-in-malayalam-1.7647524|title='അജയ് ഭായ് നമസ്‌കാരം, സുഖമാണല്ലോ അല്ലേ' ജഡേജയോട് മലയാളത്തില്‍ സഞ്ജു; മറുപടിയും മലയാളത്തില്‍!|work=Mathrubhumi|date=29 June 2022|access-date=30 June 2022|language=ml}}</ref> Jadeja is married to Aditi Jaitly, the daughter of [[Jaya Jaitly]] and the couple have two children, {{proper name|Aiman}} and Ameera.  


== Personal life ==
He began his schooling at the [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Mehta Vidyalaya|Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi.]] He was subsequently sent to a [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot|Rajkumar College]] in [[Rajkot]]. He did not like boarding school, and in a particular year he ran away from there 13 times. He finally settled down at the [[Sardar Patel Vidyalaya|Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi]], from where he completed his schooling. He met Aditi Jaitly here. He later went for higher studies to [[Hindu College, Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jan 12 |first=TNN {{!}} |last2=2002 |last3=Ist |first3=20:03 |title=Ajay Jadeja: The good, the bad & the ugly {{!}} undefined News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/ajay-jadeja-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/articleshow/1640571910.cms |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
Jadeja was born into an erstwhile [[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar royal family]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Journal of Indo-judaic Studies, Volumes 1–4 |year=1998 |publisher=Society for Indo-Judaic Studies |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9wsAQAAIAAJ&q=ajay+jadeja+royal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=I am suffering irreparably: Ajay Jadeja Ajay Jadeja studied in the esteemed Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi  |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune-times/I-am-suffering-irreparably-Ajay-Jadeja/articleshow/33617885.cms |access-date=25 June 2013 |newspaper=Times of India |date=7 January 2003}}</ref> which has a cricketing pedigree. His relatives include [[K. S. Ranjitsinhji]], after whom the [[Ranji Trophy]] is named, and [[K. S. Duleepsinhji]], for whom the [[Duleep Trophy]] is named. Jadeja is married to Aditi Jaitly, the daughter of [[Jaya Jaitly]] and the couple have two children, {{proper name|Aiman}} and Ameera.


== International career ==
== International career ==
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