“There are 2 kinds of all-rounders in the world. One – Ravindra
Jadeja. Two – Adnan Sami!” – Bappi Lahiri
“I am
unfortunate that I only get to bowl at him in the nets.” – Harbhajan Singh
“Anything can happen to us if we’re on a plane flying over a
cricket stadium in India with Ravindra Jadeja at the bowling crease.” – A paranoid air-hostess
“He has
been out of form longer than some of our guys have been alive.” – Unmukt Chand
“If I am to field when Jadeja is bowling, I will field with my
helmet on. They all hit him so hard!” – Cheteshwar Pujara
“Technically, you can’t fault Jadeja. Seam or spin, fast or slow
every goddamn thing is a problem.” – Geoffrey Boycott
“The pressure on me is nothing compared to Ravindra Jadeja.
Jadeja, like Ram Gopal Verma, must always fail. The crowd always expects him to
fail and it is too much pressure on him. And, he rarely disappoints them.” – Jacques Kallis
“Don’t bother bowling him good balls, he gets out to the bad
ones.” – Monty Panesar
“Jadeja has been sent by N. Srinivasan to play cricket and then go
back…to Dhoni.” – Ravi Shastri
“I’ll be going to bed having sweet reassuring dreams of myself
just running down the wicket & belting him back over the head for six!” – Shoaib Malik, Shane Watson &
David Warner (in unison)
It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the
face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Jadeja.
We’ve had champions, we’ve had legends, but we’ve never had a Jadeja & we
never will.” – Time magazine
“The earth has carried the burden of Jadeja for 24 years. It is
time we carried him on our shoulders.” – some undertaker
“He can only play that leg glance with his thigh guard.” – Waqar Younis
“He is just what the doctor ordered (Euthanasia).” – Ravi Shastri
“He is to Indian Cricket what Tushar Kapoor is to Bollywood” – Shilpa Shetty
“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the
cranium, there is something we don’t know, something he himself doesn’t know
either – whether he’s a batsman or a bowler. Forget us, even those who are
gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to the
ground, people switch off their TV sets for the high octane excitement of
watching lawns grow.” – BBC
“Cricketers like Jadeja come once in a lifetime, and I am sorry he
didn’t play in my time. Could have added a few more cheap wickets to my tally.” – Muttiah Muralitharan
“Commit all
your crimes when Jadeja is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the
Lord is dozing off to sleep.” – A placard at the Saurasthra
Cricket Ground