Jayant Yadav

Jayant Yadav
Personal information
Full name Jayant Yadav
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990
Delhi, India
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm off break
Role Bowling All Rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 286) 17 November 2016 v England
Last Test 12 December 2016 v England
Only ODI (cap 216) 29 October 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 22
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–present Haryana
2014–present Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 19)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 1 45 24
Runs scored 221 1 1,769 259
Batting average 73.67 – 30.50 18.50
100s/50s 1/1 0/0 3/6 0/0
Top score 104 1* 211 36*
Balls bowled 489 24 6,877 978
Wickets 9 1 126 17
Bowling average 29.55 8.00 29.69 36.88
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/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 November 2016

Jayant Yadav (born 22 January 1990, Delhi) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Haryana in Ranji Trophy. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls right-arm off break. He played for the IPL team Delhi Daredevils in 2015.[1] Since November 2016, he has been part of Indian Test and ODI teams.

International career

In September 2016 he was added to India's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[2]

He played for India against New Zealand at Vizag[3] and took his first ODI wicket (Corey Anderson) in same match. He got his ODI cap from Virender Sehwag.[4] 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.[4][5] He became the 286th player to play Test cricket for India.[6] Yadav played 42 first-class matches and picked up 117 wickets before he made his Test debut for India[6]

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.

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.[7]

Jayant is nephew of Yogendra Yadav, famous politician and psephologist.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jayant looks to make most of Daredevils stint". Indian Express. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gambhir back in Test squad after two years". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand tour of India, 5th ODI: India v New Zealand at Visakhapatnam, Oct 29, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 Web Desk, Express (November 18, 2016). "Jayant Yadav, uses DRS, picks up first Test wicket". Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "England tour of India, 2nd Test: India v England at Visakhapatnam, Nov 17–21, 2016". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  6. 1 2 IANS (November 19, 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 December 9, 2016. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "Why debutant Jayant Yadav would have wanted two names on his Indian jersey". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Yogendra Yadav Heaps Praise on Nephew Jayant Yadav
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