Poonam Yadav

Poonam Yadav (born 24 August 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's cricket team.[1][2] She made her debut in International cricket on 5 April 2013 in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Bangladesh. Yadav's debut in Test Series on 16 November 2014 against South Africa and her ODI debut was on 12 April 2013 against Bangladesh.[3]

Poonam Yadav
Personal information
Born (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm legbreak
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 82)16 November 2014 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 107)12 April 2013 v Bangladesh
Last ODI6 November 2019 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 41)5 April 2013 v Bangladesh
Last T20I8 March 2020 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 46 66
Runs scored – 73 12
Batting average – 7.30 3.00
100s/50s – 0/0 0/0
Top score – 15 4
Balls bowled 246 2394 1428
Wickets 3 72 94
Bowling average 22.66 20.84 14.22
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/22 4/13 4/9
Catches/stumpings 0/- 13/- 14/-
Source: Cricinfo, 6 May 2020

Early life

Yadav was born on 24 August 1991 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father's name is Raghuveer Singh Yadav, who is a retired army officer. Her mother's name is Munna Devi and she is a homemaker.[4]

Yadav did her schooling and graduation in Uttar Pradesh. Her domestic/state teams were Central Zone, Uttar Pradesh and Railways.[5] She was later selected as a bowler for the Indian women's cricket team. Currently, her coach is Hemlata Kala.

To pursue her career, Yadav had to shift to Agra.[6] There she trained at the Eklavya Sports Stadium.[6] Three years later, Yadav almost quit cricket but was motivated by her father to continue further[6]

International career

Yadav was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.[7][8][9] In June 2018, she entered the top five of the women's T20I rankings and came in third on the list.[10] In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[11][12] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[13] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for India in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.[14] She became India's highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 Internationals in September 2018 with 57 wickets from 39 T20Is. She went past Jhulan Goswami's tally of 56 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka Women.[15] She is also the only front-line bowler who has been in every T20 match for India in 2018.[16]

In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[17]

Poonam Yadav at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup

References
  1. "Poonam Yadav". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. "Poonam Yadav". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. Thatte, Mamta (12 November 2018). "Poonam Yadav Biography: A Life Story Defining Astounding Strength & Shutting all Naysayers Poonam Yadav Biography | Height | Wiki | Profile". Voice of Indian Sports - KreedOn. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. Thatte, Mamta (12 November 2018). "Poonam Yadav Biography: A Life Story Defining Astounding Strength & Shutting all Naysayers Poonam Yadav Biography | Height | Wiki | Profile". Voice of Indian Sports - KreedOn. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. Dinesh (23 May 2018). "Poonam Yadav (Cricketer) Wiki, Biography, Age, Matches, Images". News Bugz. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. "Poonam Yadav- The UP Wonder girl carving out her own niche". CricXtasy. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  7. Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
  8. World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
  9. England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
  10. "Poonam Yadav, Anam Amin vault to top five in T20I rankings". ESPNcricinfo. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  11. "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  12. "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  13. "Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  14. "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - India Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  15. "Poonam Yadav makes the googly her big weapon". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  16. "Women's World T20 2018: Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav needs to continue her rich vein of form for India's progress in mega event- Firstcricket News, Firstpost". FirstCricket. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  17. "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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