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#3 Ravindra Jadeja (India)
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Ravindra Jadeja was pivotal in India winning the 2013 Champions Trophy in England
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The left arm spinner hasn’t been in the greatest of forms either with the bat or ball of late but has been an important member of the Indian set up. Though he hasn’t replicated his tremendous batting performance in the domestic circuit in the international arena but there has to be something special about the player who has scored 3 triple centuries in his 1st class career.
Jadeja made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 2009 and scored a fluent 60 in his first match. In late 2009 he was awarded his first man of the match award for his 4/32 against Sri Lanka at Cuttack.
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Jaddu was India’s standout performer in the Champions Trophy played in England in 2013. He was literally unplayable on certain occasions with his immaculate line length and pace variations. He took a total of 12 wickets in just 5 matches at a staggering average of 12.83. His figures of 5/36 against West Indies is still his best figures in ODIs.
Jadeja was the man of the match in the final against England where he scored a vital 33 in a low scoring encounter and took 2 wickets that ensured India won the champions trophy for the 2nd time.
He has scored 1,849 ODI runs in his career so far at an average of 32.43.
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