mikesiva wrote:How did he get the nickname "sir"?
I heard it was because he scored quite a few triple hundreds in domestic cricket, and this is a jocular comparison with the Don....
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I think his critics used the term Sir as sarcasm for his performances. However, when he won matches for India in last few months, his fans started to use that term as well. Ashwin and Raina joined this tweets referring to Jadeja as Sir and it has become very popular. Many other Indian cricketers have started referring to Jadeja as Sir. Last week Dhoni joined this internet trend about Jadeja jokes etc and tweeted the following:
When you give Sir Ravindra Jadeja one ball to get 2 runs he will win it with one ball to spare !!
Sir jadeja was upset abt only 1 t20 match in a bilateral series so BCCI came up with the idea of IPL.so all the fans of ipl plz thank SRJ
God realised RAJNI sir is getting old so he created sir ravindra jadeja
Whenever sir jadeja makes an error its an invention and on a daily basis v get plenty of those,all patent pending
Sir jadeja doesn't run to take the catch but the ball finds him and lands on his hand
Then this image started to do rounds on internet (Twitter/Facebook) apart from the Rajnikant/Chuck Norri type jokes.
It is good that he is taking it in the right spirit. In a recent interview Jaddu was asked about it and he said the following:
Calling it a 'joke', 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja says he has no problem with the prefix before his name as long as his Chennai Super Kings and India teammates are enjoying the all-rounder's 'knighthood'.
"I think it is a joke and we are enjoying. Nothing serious in that matter. I don't think I am a great man. I just want to be what I am right now. I am not seriously thinking about the title 'Sir' and all that. It's okay as everybody is enjoying in the team and it's fine," he said.