Ravindra Jadeja

The arrival

Ravindra Jadeja was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Rajasthan Royals outside the auction.

That first season brought 14 matches and 135 runs, and ended with Rajasthan Royals as champions.

The peak

The high point with the bat was 2025, for Chennai Super Kings: 301 runs at an average of 33.4, striking at 135.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 152.9, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 77 not out.

Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2020: 232 runs at a strike rate of 171.8, 40 runs per hundred balls quicker than the IPL as a whole that year.

With the ball, the best season was 2023, for Chennai Super Kings: 20 wickets at 7.56 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.79, with best figures of 3 for 20. Chennai Super Kings won the title that year. Three seasons brought 15 wickets or more (2014, 2019 and 2023).

Franchise by franchise

2008 to 2009, Rajasthan Royals. 27 matches, 430 runs and 6 wickets; champions in 2008.

2011, Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹4.28 cr. 14 matches, 283 runs and 8 wickets.

2012 to 2015, Chennai Super Kings. Bought at the 2012 auction for ₹10 cr. 69 matches, 670 runs and 55 wickets.

2016 to 2017, Gujarat Lions. Arrived outside the auction. 27 matches, 349 runs and 13 wickets.

2018 to 2025, Chennai Super Kings, second time round. Back outside the auction. 116 matches, 1,528 runs and 88 wickets; champions in 2018, 2021 and 2023.

2026, Rajasthan Royals, second time round. Back outside the auction. 14 matches, 266 runs and 10 wickets.

6 spells with four franchises in all. The longest was with Chennai Super Kings, 2018 to 2025. 2010 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.

Bat, ball and method

Across the career, Ravindra Jadeja has struck at 130.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 133.7, so Ravindra Jadeja has scored about 3 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 51% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 264 fours and 122 sixes.

The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 31.2% of the balls Ravindra Jadeja faced were dot balls, a lower share than 90% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 22.1 balls, and a four every 10.2.

With the ball, 180 wickets in 4,261 deliveries, at 7.70 runs an over against a league rate of 8.31 for the same seasons: 0.61 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight. There were four four-wicket hauls, and the best figures were 5 for 16.

31.6% of the balls Ravindra Jadeja bowled were dots, a lower share than 84% of the 150 bowlers with 500 balls or more; a wicket came every 23.6 balls.

The fielding record: 104 catches and 25 run-outs.

At the auction

Ravindra Jadeja has gone under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹10 cr (US$2.00m), paid by Chennai Super Kings in 2012, more than 20 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹4.28 cr in 2011, ₹10 cr by 2012.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

Where it stands

On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Ravindra Jadeja stands 25th for runs, 8th for wickets, 4th for matches played and 8th for player-of-the-match awards. The story is still being written: 2026 was another season with Rajasthan Royals.