Ajay Jadeja

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Ajaysinhji "Ajay" Jadeja (; born 1 February 1971) is an Indian former professional cricketer and crown prince of the Jamnagar royal family. He was a regular member of the Indian cricket team in the One Day International (ODI) format between 1992 and 2000. He played fifteen Test matches and 196 ODIs for India. He also occasionally captained the India national cricket team, and was popular for his flamboyant style of play and charisma. He was part of the Indian squad which won the 1995 Asia Cup. In 2023, Jadeja worked with the Afghanistan cricket team as the team mentor in their World Cup campaign. Due to his alleged involvement in match fixing, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) life banned him from cricket on 3 June 2000; later the BCCI reduced the ban to five years. On 27 January 2003, a Delhi court lifted the ban and acquitted him. However, Jadeja was not able to play again for Indian cricket team. After he quit playing cricket, he found work as a coach and commentator. In the 2000s he acted in few Bollywood movies, appeared as contestant in dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and worked as pundit for SET Max, AajTak, NDTV India etc. various times.