Jayant Yadav

Jayant Yadav (born 22 January 1990) is an Indian cricketer from Delhi who plays for Haryana in India and Middlesex in England in domestic cricket.

Jayant Yadav

Personal information
Full name	Jayant Yadav
Born	(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34) Delhi, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	India (2016–2022)
Test debut (cap 286)	17 November 2016 v England
Last Test	4 March 2022 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 216)	29 October 2016 v New Zealand
Last ODI	23 January 2022 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	22
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–present	Haryana
2014–2018	Delhi Daredevils (squad no. 19)
2019–2021	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 19)
2022	Gujarat Titans
2022	Warwickshire
2023	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 6 2 74 67 Runs scored 248 3 2593 961 Batting average 31.0 – 25.93 23.93 100s/50s 1/1 0/0 3/12 0/5 Top score 104 2* 211 71 Balls bowled 515 24 12,427 3084 Wickets 15 1 201 61 Bowling average 33.36 8.00 33.00 33.29 5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 4/49 1/8 7/64 3/21 Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 28/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 September 2023

He is an off spin bowler who bats right-handed. He made his international debut in October 2016.^[1]

Domestic career

In the 2014 IPL auction, Jayant was bought by the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) for the base price of INR 10 Lakhs.^[2] He played for them till 2018. Delhi Capitals transferred him to Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2019 IPL season.^[3][4]

In August 2019, Jayant was named in the India Green team's squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy.^[5][6] Jayant was part of Delhi Capitals squad in the Indian Premier League 2018 but did not play a single match.^[7] In February 2022, he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.^[8]

He joined Middlesex on 1 September 2023.

International career

In September 2016, Jayant was added to India's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.^[9]

Jayant played for India against New Zealand at Vizag^[10] and took his first ODI wicket (Corey Anderson) in the same match. He got his ODI cap from Virender Sehwag.^[11] Three weeks later, he made his Test debut for India against England at the same venue. He took his maiden test wicket in the first innings, dismissing Moeen Ali via Umpire Decision Review System.^[11][12] He became the 286th player to play Test cricket for India.^[13] Yadav played 42 first-class matches and picked up 117 wickets before he made his Test debut for India^[13]

In the first 3 tests that Jayant played, he scored one century and one half-century and had an average of over 73. He became the first batsman for India to score a century coming in at number 9.^[14] His partnership with Virat Kohli of 241 runs for 8th wicket is the second best 8th-wicket stand in the world.

In December 2018, Jayant was named as the captain of India's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.^[15]

Personal life

On 19 November 2019, Jayant got engaged to his friend, Disha Chawla. Yuzvendra Chahal also attended their engagement.^[16]

Jayant is nephew of politician and psephologist Yogendra Yadav.^[17][18]

References

1. "Jayant Yadav profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. "Who was sold to whom. IPL 2014, know by each team, country or price". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
3. "IPL 2019: Jayant Yadav traded to Mumbai Indians from Delhi Capitals". Hindustan Times. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
4. "IPL 2019: Mumbai Indians trade Jayant Yadav from Delhi Capitals". India Today. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
5. "Shubman Gill, Priyank Panchal and Faiz Fazal to lead Duleep Trophy sides". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
6. "Duleep Trophy 2019: Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal to lead as Indian domestic cricket season opens". Cricket Country. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
7. "IPL 2019: Mumbai Indians trade Jayant Yadav from Delhi Capitals". India Today. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
8. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
9. "Gambhir back in Test squad after two years". ESPNcricinfo. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
10. "New Zealand tour of India, 5th ODI: India v New Zealand at Visakhapatnam, Oct 29, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
11. Web Desk, Express (18 November 2016). "Jayant Yadav, uses DRS, picks up first Test wicket". Retrieved 9 December 2016.
12. "England tour of India, 2nd Test: India v England at Visakhapatnam, Nov 17–21, 2016". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
13. "India vs England, 2nd Test: Owe my maiden Test wicket to Wriddhiman Saha, says Jayant Yadav". indianexpress.com. Indian Express. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
14. Singh, Natasha (11 December 2016). "Jayant Yadav slams maiden Test century". India Today. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
15. "India Under-23s Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
16. "'Jayant Yadav c&b Disha Chawla' - Mumbai Indians all-rounder gets engaged to his girlfriend". CricTracker. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
17. "Politician Yogendra Yadav Heaps Praise on Nephew Jayant Yadav". www.news18.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
18. Sarthak (17 February 2021). "Jayant Yadav Player Profile. All-Rounder I Cricketfile". Cricketfile. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

External links

• Jayant Yadav at ESPNcricinfo