Kuldeep Yadav

Kuldeep Yadav
Yadav in 2024
Personal information
Born (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29)
Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm wrist spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 288)25 March 2017 v Australia
Last Test7 March 2024 v England
ODI debut (cap 218)23 June 2017 v West Indies
Last ODI19 November 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.23
T20I debut (cap 69)9 July 2017 v West Indies
Last T20I29 June 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.23
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012Mumbai Indians
2014–2021Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 23)
2009–presentUttar Pradesh (squad no. 3)
2022-presentDelhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 12 103 40 116
Runs scored 191 190 1016 244
Batting average 13.64 10.00 22.08 10.16
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/6 0/0
Top score 40 19 117 25
Balls bowled 1964 5189 7511 5849
Wickets 54 168 157 189
Bowling average 21.05 26.01 28.40 25.66
5 wickets in innings 4 2 8 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/40 6/25 6/79 6/25
Catches/stumpings 3/– 15/– 14/– 17/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2023 India
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2024 West Indies and USA
ACC Asia Cup
Winner 2018 United Arab Emirates
Winner 2023 Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2024

Kuldeep Yadav (born 14 December 1994) is an Indian international cricketer. A left-arm unorthodox spinner, he plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.[2] He was an integral member of the Indian team that won the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup.

Yadav has played for the Indian Under-19 cricket team and played in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] On 18 December 2019, against the West Indies, he became the first bowler for India to take two hat-tricks in international cricket.[4] On 17 January 2020, in the second ODI against Australia, Yadav became the fastest spin bowler for India, in terms of innings, to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket, in his 58th innings.[5] He helped his national side to win the 2018 Asia Cup as he took the most wickets during the tournament at 10 along with Rashid Khan and Mustafizur Rahman, and being the highest wicket taker for India. He made his international test debut against Australia in Dharmsala on 25 March 2017.

  1. ^ Kuldeep Yadav's profile on Sportskeeda
  2. ^ "Kuldeep Yadav reflects on his need to perform consistently for Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of IPL 2021". India Today. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Kuldeep Yadav biography". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Stats - Rohit Sharma second only to Sachin Tendulkar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. ^ "India vs Australia: Kuldeep Yadav Becomes Fastest Indian Spinner to Get 100 ODI Wickets". Network18 Media and Investments Ltd. Retrieved 17 January 2020.