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Indian cricketer

Bimal Jadeja
Personal information
Full nameBimal Mulubha Jadeja
Born (1964-08-22) 22 August 1964 (age 60)
Ribda, India
NicknameBapu
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeg break
RoleBatsman
RelationsMulubha Jadeja (father) . Shashirajsinh B Jadeja (Son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1980/81–1999/2000Saurashtra
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 81 18
Runs scored 4,822 598
Batting average 41.56 42.71
100s/50s 14/20 1/4
Top score 203 104
Balls bowled 400 6
Wickets 3 0
Bowling average 92.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 2/30
Catches/stumpings 50/– 8/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 March 2016

Bimal Mulubha Jadeja (born 22 August 1964) is an Indian former first-class cricketer and Former Captain of Saurashtra cricket team. He became a cricket coach after his playing career.

Career

A left-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler, Jadeja played first-class cricket for Saurashtra and West Zone. He appeared in a total of 81 first-class and 18 List A matches in his career that lasted between 1980/81 and 1999/00 seasons. He made more than 4800 runs at an average of over 41, along with 14 centuries, in first-class cricket. He also captained the Saurashtra team during his career.

Jadeja worked as a cricket coach after retirement. After having coached the Gujarat team in Ranji Trophy, he was appointed as the coach of the Central Board of Cricket Ahmedabad in 2014.

Personal life

Jadeja's father Mulubha Jadeja had played first-class cricket for Saurashtra and Railways as a right-handed batsman between 1945/46 and 1964/65.He has one son named Bimal Jadeja who is former Ranji player and Coach. Jadeja is also a distant relative of Ranjitsinhji (Jamranjitsinhji) who played Test cricket for England.

References

  1. ^ Pathak, Nikhilesh (10 February 2014). "Back to basics to meet future challenges". DNA India. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. "Bimal Jadeja". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. "Whatmore to assess Parmar's action". The Hindu. 5 April 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. "Mulabha Jadeja". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

External links

cotegory: Highest Ranjitropy matches played by a player for saurashtra before 2003

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