Five greatest cricketers from Haryana

#4. Ajay Jadeja

Ajay Jadeja was an effective finisher in ODIs

Physically fit, energetic and street smart Ajay Jadeja breathed freshness into India's ODI unit of the 1990's and his aggressive batting was on numerous occasions the turning point of the game.

Jadeja lacked solid technique and was always vulnerable against the moving ball but he overcame the flaw by adding innovative strokes in his armory and by staying alert while batting.

He featured in only 15 Tests and averaged 26.18 but it was in ODIs where he found his mojo. He amassed more than five thousand runs in 179 ODI innings and his average of 37.47 is highly impressive as well.

Jadeja was also an efficient fielder and could roll his arm when the captain was running out of options. The Haryana lad's greatest heist is arguably his knock of 45 against Pakistan in the quarter-finals of the 1996 world cup. He scored at a strike rate of 200 in the game and was instrumental for posting a winning total on the board.

However, during the peak of his career, the match-fixing scandal affected Jadeja and his cricket career ended abruptly.