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Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav.jpg
Yadav in 2012
Personal information
Full name Umesh Kumar Tilak Yadav
Born (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 29)
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 272) 6 November 2011 v West Indies
Last Test 20 December 2016 v England
ODI debut (cap 184) 28 May 2010 v zimbabwe
Last ODI 15 January 2017 v England
ODI shirt no. 19 ( previously 73,50 )
Only T20I (cap 42) 7 August 2012 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008/09–present Vidarbha
2011–2013 Delhi Daredevils (#73)
2014–present Kolkata Knight Riders (#19)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 26 63 1 95
Runs scored 175 77 - 231
Batting average 8.75 9.62 - 13.58
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 -/- 0/0
Top score 30 18* - 30
Balls bowled 4,259 2957 18 4,541
Wickets 68 88 1 133
Bowling average 38.94 33.69 24.00 32.53
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/93 4/31 1/24 5/26
Catches/stumpings 10/– 18/– 0/– 25/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 January 2017

Umesh Kumar Tilak Yadav (born 25 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Vidarbha cricket team and Indian national team. A right-arm fast bowler, Yadav has played for Vidarbha at domestic level since 2008 and is the first player from the team to have played Test cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in May 2010. The following year, in November, Yadav made his Test debut against the West Indies. He was the highest wicket taker for India in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Before becoming a professional cricketer, Umesh Yadav unsuccessfully applied to join the army and the police force. In 2007–2008, having previously only ever played tennis ball cricket, Yadav began bowling with a leather ball and joined Vidarbha, an unfashionable team in the Plate League of the Ranji Trophy. Pritam Gandhe, Vidharbha's captain, supported Yadav and ensured he represented Air India in a twenty20 tournament. Of Yadav's early career Gandhe remarked "He was raw and wayward. But he was really quick – too quick. I thought that if he lands at least three out of six balls in line with the stumps, he will trouble batsmen."

On 3 November 2008 Yadav made his first-class debut for Vidarbha against Madhya Pradesh in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy. His first wicket was that of Himalaya Sagar who was out bowled; Yadav did not bowl in Madhya Pradesh' second innings, but in the first claimed four wickets for 72 runs (4/75) as his team lost by ten wickets. He played in four of Vidarbha's Ranji matches that season, taking 20 wickets at an average of 14.60 with best figures of 6/105. Also in the 2008/09 season, Yadav made his one-day debut.

From playing for Vidarbha, Yadav was selected to represent the Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy in his first season. Bought by Delhi Daredevils in 2008 for $30,000, Yadav made his debut in the Indian Premier League in 2010, taking 6 wickets in as many matches at an average of 30.66. The income from the IPL auction meant Yadav could pay for the family home to be extended.


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