Ravindra Jadeja (2008-2017): The evolution in pictures

Jadeja was part of India's tour of Australia in 2012-13

After the Commonwealth Bank series against Australia, where there was a marked shift in the Indian ODI team's setup, Jadeja was slowly shunted out, with Ravichandran Ashwin establishing himself as the numero uno spinner across all formats for the team.

For the World T20 in 2012, the side preferred Ashwin and Piyush Chawla, with Harbhajan Singh making a return as well. A slew of back-to-back Tests against England and New Zealand meant that Jadeja stayed out of the Team India cut.

A third triple-hundred in the Ranji Trophy was undoubtedly the turning point

A turning point in his career, however, came in the 2012-13 Ranji season, when his prowess with the bat in domestic cricket touched new heights. He scored his third triple century in first-class cricket, joining an extremely elite list of players including Donald Bradman and Brian Lara.

There weren't as many plaudits as there were ridicules, and he kept getting heralded as 'Sir'. However, Jadeja wasn't going to stop this time.

He returned to the side with a bang, and was awarded his first Test cap soon. Critics weren't convinced about his ability with the red ball, and his batting always carried a question mark around it.

2013 turned out to be his best year.

Jadeja was lethal against Michael Clarke

He played his first Test against England, but more importantly, got a look-in for the Australia series that followed, which ended up being the perfect revenge for Team India. It truly made Jadeja stand out as a supremely useful bowler in the longest format, with the ability to consistently deliver the ball in the right places and earn wickets. He picked up Michael Clarke, the visiting side's best batsman, five times out of six innings.