Ravindra Jadeja slams father’s ‘nonsense’ in attempt to ‘tarnish’ wife’s image

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has denied the claims that his father Anirudhsinh Jadeja made during an interview, urging him to stop “tarnishing” the image of his wife Rivaba. This comes after Ravindra Jadeja’s father had claimed in an interview with Divya Bhaskar that despite living in the same locality of Jamnagar in Gujarat, he had “no relation” with his son whatsoever. Anirudhsinh Jadeja added that Ravindra stays in a bungalow and that he hardly gets to meet his son. “Do you want me to tell you one truth? I have absolutely no relation with Ravindra nand his wife, Rivaba. We don’t call them, and they don’t call us,” Anirudhsinh had said.

“The issues started after two or three months of their marriage. I currently live alone in Jamnagar, while Ravindra resides in a separate bungalow of his own. He lives in the same city, but I don’t get to see him. I don’t know what magic his wife has done on him,” he had added.

Ravindra Jadeja, however, called the interview “nonsense” and “scripted”.  “All the things said in the nonsense interview are meaningless and untrue. It is a one-sided story and I completely deny the allegations. The attempts made to tarnish the image of my wife are truly reprehensible and unbecoming. I, too, have a lot to say but won’t do it publicly,” Jadeja wrote in a post in Gujarati, on ‘X’.

Jadeja, who had completed 15 years in international cricket on 8 February, missed the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam due to a hamstring injury. Jadeja had shared an update on Instagram on Thursday, saying that he was “getting better”. The India squad for the next three Tests is expected to be announced on Friday, with the third Test scheduled to be held in Rajkot from 15 February. The series is currently level at 1-1.