Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav
Personal information
Full name
Umeshkumar Tilak Yadav
Born (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 (age 37)
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India[1]
NicknameVidarbha Express, Paplu, Strongman[2]
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[3]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 272)6 November 2011 v West Indies
Last Test7 June 2023 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 184)28 May 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI24 October 2018 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.19 (formerly 73)
T20I debut (cap 42)7 August 2012 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I4 October 2022 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.70 (formerly 19 and 73)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–presentVidarbha
2010–2013Delhi Daredevils
2014–2017;2022-2023Kolkata Knight Riders
2018–2020Royal Challengers Bangalore
2021Delhi Capitals
2022Middlesex
2023Essex
2024-presentGujarat Titans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 57 75 9 117
Runs scored 460 79 22 1,211
Batting average 11.21 7.90 22.00 14.76
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1
Top score 31 18* 20* 128*
Balls bowled 8,979 3,558 180 18,647
Wickets 170 106 12 363
Bowling average 30.95 33.63 23.33 29.49
5 wickets in innings 3 0 0 15
10 wickets in match 1 0 0 2
Best bowling 6/88 4/31 2/19 7/48
Catches/stumpings 19/– 22/– 3/– 38/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2013 England & Wales
Runner-up 2017 England & Wales
ICC World Test Championship
Runner-up 2019-2021
Runner-up 2021-2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2023

Umeshkumar Tilak Yadav (born 25 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer who represented the Indian cricket team. He currently plays for Vidarbha in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. He played 57 test matches for India and his fast-bowling contributed of India winning test matches particularly at home. Yadav was a member of the team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. He was the highest wicket-taker for India in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[4]

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 holds the record of the highest strike rate in an innings in Test cricket after scoring 31 runs in 10 balls at a strike rate of 310 against South Africa in October 2019.[5]

  1. ^ "Umesh Yadav". sports.ndtv.com. New Delhi Television Limited. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Umesh Yadav". www.iplt20.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ Umesh Yadav’s profile on Sportskeeda
  4. ^ "Most Wickets For ICC Cricket World Cup, 2014/15". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "Umesh Yadav breaks Stephen Fleming's 15-year-old record". ANI News. Retrieved 19 April 2020.