Ravindra Jadeja is set to play for Saurashtra in the second round of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy starting October 25.
Jadeja's inclusion will strengthen their attack against Madhya Pradesh at home in Rajkot, on the same pitch where spinners took for 31 of the 35 wickets to fall in last week's fixture between Saurashtra and Karnataka .
Jadeja, the top-ranked Test allrounder , is currently on a break, having most recently played in the two home Tests against West Indies earlier this month. He scored his sixth Test hundred - an unbeaten 104 - in the first Test in Ahmedabad and took eight wickets in the series as India won 2-0.
He wasn't selected in India's ODI squad that is currently in Australia , which Jadeja said was "not a surprise" after the team management spoke to him abou