Ravindra Jadeja, India's prominent cricketer has expressed his anger and disappointment with his father Anirudhsinh Jadeja's claim regarding his wife Rivaba for creating a rift in the family.
“Do you want me to tell you one truth? I have absolutely no relation with Ravindra and his wife, Rivaba. We don’t call them, and they don’t call us,” Jadeja’s father has told Divya Bhaskar in an interview.
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“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.”
Jadeja was quick to respond to all the speculations as he took to social media and hit back at his father's comment.
“Let’s ignore what’s said in the scripted interviews,” Jadeja put out a note on X.
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In the note written in Gujarati, the India all-rounder requested his father to not harm the image of his wife.
“The things mentioned in the dubious interview to Divya Bhaskar are meaningless and false. Those are one-sided comments that I deny them. The attempt to tarnish the image of my wife is improper and condemnable. I too have a lot to say but it is better that I don’t reveal those things in public,” read the note.
Ravindra Jadeja is currently part of the Indian team which is engaged in the Test series against England at home.
He missed the second Test due to a hamstring injury but is likely to be named in the squad for the rest of the series as he has shown promising progress in his recovery.
The third Test between India and England is scheduled to be played in Rajkot and the team management is confident that Jadeja could be available to play in his home ground.
It is to be noted that such speculations regarding the rift in Jadeja's family started once his wife who is a sitting BJP MLA in Jamnagar (north) seat defeated her husband’s sister Naynaba, who contested from the Congress party.
“He is my son, and it burns my heart. I wish I hadn’t gotten him married. It would have been better if he hadn’t become a cricketer. We would not have to go through all this in that case,” Anirudhsing said.
“Within three months of the marriage, she told me that everything should be transferred to her name. She created a rift in our family. She didn’t want the family and desired an independent life. I could be wrong, and Naynaba (Ravindra’s sister) could be wrong, but you tell me, how can all 50 members of our family be wrong? There’s no relation with anyone in the family; there’s just hate.
“I don’t want to hide anything. We haven’t even seen the face of our granddaughter in five years,” he said.