Jayant Yadav

Jayant Yadav (born 22 January 1990, Delhi) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Haryana in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls right-arm off break. He has played four Test matches and one ODI for India.

Jayant Yadav
Personal information
Full nameJayant Yadav
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990
Delhi, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowling all-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 286)17 November 2016 v England
Last Test23 February 2017 v Australia
Only ODI (cap 216)29 October 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.22
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentHaryana
2014–2018Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 19)
2019-presentMumbai Indians (squad no. 19)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 1 57 46
Runs scored 228 1 2,079 666
Batting average 45.60 – 27.35 22.96
100s/50s 1/1 0/0 3/8 0/3
Top score 104 1* 211 71
Balls bowled 515 24 8,944 2076
Wickets 11 1 145 44
Bowling average 33.36 8.00 33.54 31.06
5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 3/30 1/8 7/64 3/21
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 28/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 January 2019

Domestic career

In August 2019, he was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.[1][2]

International career

In September 2016 he was added to India's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[3]

He played for India against New Zealand at Vizag[4] and took his first ODI wicket (Corey Anderson) in same match. He got his ODI cap from Virender Sehwag.[5] Three weeks later, he made his Test debut for India against England at the same venue. He took his first wicket in his first test innings dismissing Moeen Ali on 1 run via Umpire Decision Review System.[5][6] He became the 286th player to play Test cricket for India.[7] Yadav played 42 first-class matches and picked up 117 wickets before he made his Test debut for India[7]

Jayant Yadav is proving himself as a useful batsman besides specialist bowler for the team. In the first 3 test that Jayant has played, he has scored one century and one-half century and as has an average of over 73. He became the first batsman for India to score a century after coming at number 9. His partnership with Virat Kohli of 241 runs for 8th wicket is the second best in the world.

In December 2018, he was named as the captain of India's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[8]

Personal life

In October 2016, Anirudh Chaudhry revealed the role of Jyoti Yadav, Jayant's second mother. His real mother was a woman by the name of Lakshmi, who died in a plane crash 17 years ago. Jyoti Yadav nurtured and brought Jayant up as her own son, helping Jayant in every which way possible as he went in pursuit of becoming a top-flight cricketer.[9]

Jayant is nephew of Yogendra Yadav, famous politician and psephologist.[10]

References
  1. "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  2. "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  3. "Gambhir back in Test squad after two years". ESPN Cricinfo. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. "New Zealand tour of India, 5th ODI: India v New Zealand at Visakhapatnam, Oct 29, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. Web Desk, Express (18 November 2016). "Jayant Yadav, uses DRS, picks up first Test wicket". Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. "England tour of India, 2nd Test: India v England at Visakhapatnam, Nov 17–21, 2016". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  7. IANS (19 November 2016). "India vs England, 2nd Test: Owe my maiden Test wicket to Wriddhiman Saha, says Jayant Yadav". http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-vs-england-2nd-test-owe-my-maiden-test-wicket-to-wriddhiman-saha-says-jayant-yadav-4382790/. Indian Express. Retrieved 9 December 2016. External link in |website= (help)
  8. "India Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  9. "Why debutant Jayant Yadav would have wanted two names on his Indian jersey". Sportskeeda. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. Yogendra Yadav Heaps Praise on Nephew Jayant Yadav
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