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Jayant Yadav
Personal information
Full name
Jayant Yadav
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)
Delhi, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 286)17 November 2016 v England
Last Test26 November 2016 v England
Only ODI (cap 216)29 October 2016 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.22
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentHaryana
2014–presentDelhi Daredevils (squad no. 19)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 1 44 24
Runs scored 117 1 1,665 259
Batting average 58.50 29.21 18.50
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 2/6 0/0
Top score 55 1* 211 36*
Balls bowled 303 24 6,691 978
Wickets 8 1 125 17
Bowling average 17.25 8.00 28.90 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: CricketArchive, 21 November 2016

Jayant Yadav (born 22 January 1990) 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 2014.[1]

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. 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.[4]

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 passed away 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.[5]

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. ^ "England tour of India, 2nd Test: India v England at Visakhapatnam, Nov 17-21, 2016". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Why debutant Jayant Yadav would have wanted two names on his Indian jersey". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 29 October 2016.