Ravindra Jadeja’s Salary and Contract

Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja is a professional cricketer born on December 6, 1988, in Navagam-Khed, Saurashtra, India. He represents the Indian men’s cricket team in ODIs and Tests. Jadeja announced his retirement from T20Is after winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

Jadeja is an all-rounder who plays for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He plays as a left-handed batter and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. Jadeja was instrumental in India lifting the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.

Ravindra Jadeja Salary 2024

Ravindra Jadeja earns a hefty paycheck from the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) and the Chennai Super Kings in IPL. According to the official website of the BCCI, cricketers who are affiliated with the Grade A+ contract receive an annual salary of INR 7 crores and Jadeja falls under this category. With IPL 2025 on the radar, Jadeja would be a major contender to be retained by the Super Kings, as per reports from The Times Now.

Ravindra Jadeja Indian Team Salary

Ravindra Jadeja belongs to the top tier of the BCCI’s annual central contract in 2024. According to the official website of BCCI, Jadeja was categorized under the Grade C list and earned INR 25 lakhs annually. Along with the annual contract, Jadeja earned INR 7 lakhs for Tests, INR 4 lakhs for ODIs, and INR 2 lakhs for T20Is, if he was playing in the final roster. He was promoted to the Grade B category alongside Rohit Sharma and earned INR 50 lakhs in 2011-12. He lost his Grade B contract to a Grade C contract and earned INR 25 lakhs under the same category in 2012-13. In the following year, Jadeja was once again promoted to the Grade B category and earned INR 50 lakhs. Jadeja stayed in the Grade B category and earned the same salary in 2014-15. In 2015-16, Jadeja was left with a pay cut of INR 25 lakhs when he was relegated to Grade C. However, Jadeja was promoted to the Grade A category and earned INR 2 crores for the year 2016-17.

With the likes of captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah added under the Grade A+ category in 2023-24, Jadeja is also ranked in the best slot amongst his peers for his all-round exploits across all formats of the game. According to the official website of the BCCI, Jadeja earns a salary of INR 7 crores annually for representing the Indian men’s cricket team for the year 2023-24.

Ravindra Jadeja IPL Team Salary

According to the Hindustan Times, the Rajasthan Royals acquired the services of Ravindra Jadeja for USD 30,000 (INR 13.26 lakhs) in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. According to The Economic Times, the now-defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala bought Jadeja for USD 950,000 in the IPL 2011 auction. As per reports from the official website of the IPL, Jadeja was bought for INR 9.8 crores approximately (USD 2 million) and was the most expensive bid of the IPL 2012 auction. When the Super Kings were suspended for two years, the now-defunct Gujarat Lions drafted him into the squad for INR 9.5 crores in the IPL 2016 auction, according to India Today.

According to the reports from NDTV Sports, Jadeja was helmed as the third retention for INR 7 crores by the Chennai Super Kings, following MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina in the IPL 2018 auction. Ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction, the Super Kings made Jadeja the first-choice retention for INR 16 crores. Jadeja is set to be retained as the first-choice retention for IPL 2025, and a franchise has to pay INR 18 crores for the first-choice retention.

Ravindra Jadeja Contract 2024

Ravindra Jadeja is one of the top-drawing cricketers in the Indian circuit. He started on a modest note and has been upgraded as one of the Grade A+ cricketers in the BCCI. With the IPL 2025 around the corner, Jadeja is set to be retained as the first-choice retention by the Chennai Super Kings.

Ravindra Jadeja Indian Team Contract

Ravindra Jadeja earned his maiden international cap to represent the Indian men’s cricket team in an ODI against Sri Lanka on February 9, 2009. According to BCCI’s official website, he was contracted under the Grade C category in 2010-11. For the 2011-12 season, Jadeja was promoted to the Grade B category alongside his spin counterpart, Ravichandran Ashwin. In the subsequent year, he was demoted to the Grade C category. Jadeja was again promoted to the Grade B for 2013-14. The following year, Jadeja was demoted to the Grade C category again. He was retained under the same contract for 2015-16. Jadeja leaped a huge step forward and landed on a Grade A contract for the annual year of 2016-17.

According to The Times Of India, Jadeja was retained under the same list of Grade A for five consecutive years. With Jadeja being a prominent face across all formats for the Indian team, he was promoted to the Grade A+ category in the 2022-23 season, as per reports from the BCCI’s official website. He continued to feature under the Grade A+ category in the 2023-24 annual retainership contract of the BCCI.

Ravindra Jadeja IPL Team Contract

After winning the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2008 trophy under the leadership of Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja was drafted into the Rajasthan Royals setup in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. According to The Hindu, Jadeja faced a one-year ban for not signing the contract with the Royals for IPL 2010. He returned to the league and was signed up by the now-defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerala. Jadeja was later signed by the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2012. He was contracted by the Super Kings for four straight years before the franchise faced a two-year suspension. Jadeja was acquired by the now-defunct Gujarat Lions for a couple of seasons in IPL 2016 and 2017. He was considered as one of the top retention figures in the CSK’s return to the IPL folklore in IPL 2018, alongside MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. Jadeja has been contracted with the Super Kings ever since and is considered to be the first-choice retention for the five-time champions ahead of IPL 2025 retention deadline.