Ravindra Jadeja Issues An Official Statement On His Retirement

By the time Ravindra Jadeja finished his 10-over quota during the final of the Champions Trophy 2025 against New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Virat Kohli gave him a bear hug. That was a small indication to a few fans of the all-rounder making a potential decision.

In the last few months, Kohli hugged Ravichandran Ashwin and Steve Smith before the camera and both decided to take retirement. Ashwin hung up his shoes from international cricket while Smith felt his time in the 50-overs format was over as he wanted to put more attention to the longest format.

Ravindra Jadeja ends retirement speculation with a four-word response

Many predicted that Ravindra Jadeja might follow Rohit Sharma and Kohli in the 50-over format and take retirement just like he did during the last T20 World Cup 2024. He finally quashed the rumors on Monday by dropping a four-word response on Instagram.

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“No unnecessary rumors, thanks.” Ravindra Jadeja wrote in his Instagram Stories. He has asked the fans not to believe in any false statements.

The left-arm spin all-rounder, who has clubbed 2806 runs in 137 ODI innings at an average of 32.63, thanks to 13 half-centuries and picked up 231 wickets in 196 innings at 35.41 and a strike rate of 43.70, will be around 39 when the next ODI World Cup takes place South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.

Also, India has already got Ravindra Jadeja’s potential replacement in Axar Patel, who has bowled beautifully and holds the capability of batting in the middle order at number five and also is a great fielder. He could take the place once the team looks to go with more pacers in the side.

Ravindra Jadeja’s superb Champions Trophy 2025

In the opening game of the tournament, Ravindra Jadeja couldn’t pick a single wicket against Bangladesh and ended with 0/37 in his nine overs. Against the arch-rivals Pakistan, the spinner picked up a wicket for 40 runs in seven overs.

After another decent show against New Zealand in the group stage of the event with one wicket, he showed his best performance in the semifinal against Australia and recorded 2/40 in eight overs, including one maiden.

In the final against New Zealand, Ravindra Jadeja picked up the wicket of Tom Latham, who was trapped leg before the stumps as he looked to sweep the straight delivery and found himself before the stumps.

“My batting number is such that I'm either a hero or a zero [on finishing India's matches often]. Hardik and KL had a good partnership in the last ten overs because the wicket was not so easy for new batsmen, but the partnership they had changed the momentum of the game.” He revealed at the end of the final.

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“This means a lot to India. You're a part of such a team, and there will be regrets if you're not able to win tournaments after playing for so many years. But luckily, in these two years, we've won the T20 World Cup and now the Champions Trophy, so it's great for team India.” Jadeja highlighted.

Ravindra Jadeja shifts focus to IPL 2025

After a few days’ break, he will join the Chennai Super Kings in the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 36-year-old didn’t enjoy a great previous season with 267 runs in 11 innings and eight wickets with the ball.

He hopes to change the fortune of the side, having already taken retirement from the shortest format of the game. Their opening game of the season will be against Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on March 23.