10, Dec 2018 Bid Adieu

Saurashtra’s Senior team Captain announced retirement from all formats of . match between Saurashtra vs played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium from 6th December 2018 onwards has been his last match.

Jaydev played 120 First Class Matches. He captained Saurashtra Ranji Team for record 110 times, which is domestic cricket record. He has also played 65 List A matches, including 63 One Day Matches and 36 T20 matches. Under his captaincy Saurashtra became Runners Up in Ranji Trophy in 2012-13 and 2015-16 and also reached twice in Semi Finals of Ranji Trophy.

Saurashtra also had become National Champions in One Day Tournament in 2007-08 under his captaincy. Saurashtra team also won Zonal One Day Tournament under his leadership.

The team has been in the Elite Group of Ranji Trophy in last many years which speaks a lot about the teamwork and efficiency he brought to the team.

Jaydev made his debut in Ranji Trophy as well as First Class Cricket in 2002-03 in Ranji Trophy Match against Vidarbha. He had scored 91 runs in this match.

Jaydev has scored 5309 runs in Ranji Trophy with 10 centuries and 20 fifties, having highest run scored of 217 runs against Maharashtra in 2016-17.

It was memorable farewell by his team to Jaydev by having thumping victory. Saurashtra won the match against Karnataka by 87 runs. Jaydev had scored 97 in the first innings. By end of the match, Saurashtra Cricket Association gave him the memento for his contribution to Cricket of Saurashtra.

Farewell Messages :

Its been a great fun playing with him. Great Person. Special thanks to him bcoz I started my career under his captaincy -

Congratulations Jaydev on a wonderful career, enjoyed playing with you, finish on a high note and wish you well for future endevours. Good luck for the last game, win it -

Congratulations on a wonderful career Jaydev. It has been lovely sharing the highs and the lows of this game with you since so many years. Well Done for your contributions to our team for what we have achieved in the last few years. Wish you all the best going forward from here - Jaydev Undadkat

You have always been a great leader, a great brother. Above all a great human. You took Saurashtra to a new high. You will be missed on the field, Skipper. #why all good people are retiring - Sheldon Jackson (as tweeted)

Many congratulations Jaydevon a wonderful career. I know you faced many challenges thru your career and yet you stood strong thru them all and led our team to great heights. Congratulations on a superb career, brother and I wish you all the very best for everything you will experience in your life. I’m always available for you for anything I can do from my end. May God bless your family and you abundantly. -

Congratulations Jaydev Bhai, It was honour to share dressing room with you. Thank you for all the support and all the best for 2nd innings - Arpit Vasavada

Many Congratulations Jaydevbhai for a wonderful career and all the very best for your new innings - Snell Patel

Congratulations Jaydevbhai for your wonderful career, it was honour to share dressing room with you and for all the support you have given me. I wish all the best for your second innings. - Chirag Jani

Many congratulations Jaydevbhai for a wonderful career and all the best for your second innings - Kamlesh Makwana Congratulations Jaydevbhai for your wonderful career, its been great playing under you. Thank u for all the support. All the best for the new innings of your life. - Avi Barot

Congratulations Jaydevbhai for a wonderful career and all the very best for your new innings - Dharmendra Jadeja

Many congratulations Jaydevbhai for a wonderful career and all the very best for your new innings - Harvik Desai

Many many congratulations Jaydev bhai for your wonderful career and all the very best for second innings - Prerak Mankad

Many many congratulations Jaydev bhai for your wonderful career and all the very best for your second innings - Yuvraj Chudasama

Congratulations Jaydevbhai for a wonderful career and all the very best - Chetan Sakariya

Well Done Jaydev. I must say I am the only one who has seen you as promising young upcoming cricketer when I was captain and you made a debut in Ranji Trophy team. I have seen you as clever and very successful captain when I played under your captainship. And I have seen lot more leadership qualities when I became a coach of Ranji Team and you are captaining the side. It’s been absolute pleasure being with you in all 3 different roles. You have been a great servant of Saurashtra Cricket. All the very best for your 2nd innings mate. - Sitanshu Kotak

My friend Jaydev has declared retirement. Since he started his career in cricket in 2002 till today, we both have been together . We are two sides of a single coin. Besides being a superb cricketer, he is having extraordinary leadership skills. In the field of Cricket, he has proved himself to be outstanding player, but outside the cricket field, he is a tremendous human being. I wish him all the very best for his second innings. - Dr. Arjunsinh Rana

Best captain Saurashtra ever had no doubt… you will be missed… on the field.. but we hope you will still be around to guide players in different role.. good luck in anything and everything you do after this.. god bless you brother - Neeraj Odedra (on Instagram)

Excellent journey as a skipper, a player, a teammate and as a person since many many years.. all the best for 2nd inning of life bro - Physio Abhishek Thacker

When Jaydev made his debut against Vidarbha in 2002-03 on VCA Stadium, I was part of that team. He looked like a young man with full of zeal and enthusiasm who was keen to learn. Within few games he made mark of himself as established player. When Jaydev led the Saurashtra Ranji team for the first time, I was part of that team too. Saurashtra is a big geographical area where players come from different part with various background and different level of understanding. He was very encouraging leader who wanted his team to do well. He would listen to everyone and discuss finer points of the game with seniors and coach. One good thing about his captaincy was he made everybody in the team feel comfortable and assured. The success of Saurashtra over the period of last 10-15 years is largely thanks to the way Jaydev has led the team and the way he has treated his teammates. “Work hard and enjoy the game” was always his mantra as a skipper. As he proudly walks out of the First class cricket after record 120 matches, his numbers suggest how hard he has worked for this achievement. Outright win against a formidable team like Karnataka was a fitting farewell by team Saurashtra to their loving skipper. He has been a great team man and a true friend, I wish him the best for the life ahead. - Prakash Bhatt

Thanks Jaydev for being a supportive captain and Saurashtra Cricket has achieved lot of things during your captaincy. You have been very helpful to your teammates from beginning of your career. Wish you all the best for your new journey. I will be always there when you need me. - Rakesh Dhruve

Dear Jaydev , it was golden opportunity to play with you. We will never forget those days. Our team has been the best Saurashtra team, you kept our team as a family. You are the best captain Saurashtra will have. I will never forget your inning in semi final of against Karnataka and we became champion. All the best for your future. - Pratik Mehta

My heartfelt compliments and congratulations to Jaydev on such wonderful career. We hope he get more success in his new innings of life. Lots of love. - Keshav Bansal

A super tenure of a very talented cricketer comes to an end and I wish him a lot of blessings and good luck in his future endeavours. -

Jaydev calling it a day from playing in all formats of Cricket. He played memorable inning. I would like to wish him best of luck and hope he contribute his experiences to Saurashtra Cricket. - Dhiraj Parsana

As fellow Saurashtrian, I feel great about Jaydev’s Cricketing Career. He took Cricket of Saurashtra to greater heights and made powerful team. Under his captaincy, Team Saurashtra achieved many milestones. I wish him all the very best. - Mahendra Rajdev

In Australia when a cricketer retires people ask why and not when ? Jaydev has set that trend in Indian cricket. Oh why did you retire ? He has been one of the finest cricketer Saurashtra has produced. I was fortunate enough to be his coach when he made his debut in 1st Class cricket. He was a very fine left handed batsman but above all a very astute and thinking captain who by leading from the front took Saurashtra cricket to dizzying height as his record shows. A wonderful cricketer and above all a wonderful human being. He was always there for everyone. We will miss you Oh captain. Since you have drawn the curtain down on your glittering cricketing career i wish you, Ruchi and Prahaan heartfelt best wishes for your future endevours in life. God bless you. - Rajendra Jadeja

Hearing about Jaydev hanging his boots comes as a huge surprise to me. Having known him closely over the years and especially through the two seasons of Gujarat Lions, I feel he still had lot to offer on the field. I often refer to him as a gentleman cricketer, both off and on the field. Saurashtra Cricket will miss a proven leader. I wish he continues to be associated with the game and also wish him the very best in all his future endevours. - Col. Arvinder Singh