Jaydev Niranjan Shah (born 4 May 1983) is an Indian former

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er. Jaydev is the son of Niranjan Shah, ex-secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and represented

Saurashtra cricket team Saurashtra cricket team is one of the three first-class cricket teams based in Gujarat (the others being Baroda and Gujarat) that compete in the first-class tournament Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Tro ...

in India's domestic circuit. He has the distinction of captaining Saurashtra to victory in the 2007-08

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, the team's first ever national-level title. He was recruited by the

Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai ...

for the Indian Premier League 2008 edition, but never played, and has also represented

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President's XI in the past. On 21 October 2016, he became the first captain of Saurashtra to score a double century, when he made 217 runs in their

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match against Maharashtra. In December 2018, he announced that he would retire from all cricket following the Saurashtra's match against

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

in round five of the

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. He made match winning 97 runs in his final professional game against

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