Jaydev Niranjan Shah (born 4 May 1983) is an Indian former cricketer. Jaydev is the son of Niranjan Shah,former cricketer and ex-secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India,and represented Saurashtra cricket team in India's domestic circuit. He has the distinction of captaining Saurashtra to victory in the 2007-08 Vijay Hazare Trophy,the team's first ever national-level title. He was recruited by the Rajasthan Royals for the Indian Premier League 2008 edition,but never played,and has also represented Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI in the past.[1][2]
On 21 October 2016,he became the first captain of Saurashtra to score a double century,when he made 217 runs in their Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.[3]
In December 2018,he announced that he would retire from all cricket following the Saurashtra's match against Karnataka in round five of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy.[4] He made match winning 97 runs in his final professional game against Karnataka.[5]
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