Haryana’s experienced right-arm off-spinner Jayant Yadav is celebrating his 35th birthday today. Jayant has been playing domestic cricket regularly and also has good experience in first-class and List A. He has been playing for Haryana for a long time and has also played for many IPL franchises.
After playing for a long time in domestic cricket and IPL, Jayant Yadav was called for the national team for the first time in 2016. He made his international debut in an ODI against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam in October 2016. This economical off-spinner soon got a chance to wear the Test jersey for India. He made his Test debut against England at the same venue in November 2016.
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Jayant Yadav’s Test career did not start very well with the ball, but he did wonders with the bat and scored a century in his first series against England. This off-spinner could not cement his place in the Indian team, but he was successful in making a place in the national team. After 2017, he joined the Test team in 2021 and his last Test match for India was in 2022, when he played a Test match against Sri Lanka in Mohali.
Jayant has played 6 test matches and 2 ODI matches for India. He has taken 16 wickets in Test cricket and scored 248 runs including one century. He has only 1 wicket to his name in the one-day format.
Although his tenure in the national team was not long, his first-class career was still very impressive. Jayant has played 80 first-class matches for Haryana in which he has taken 225 wickets. This off-spinner has also been a part of Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in IPL. Jayant won the IPL title with Mumbai Indians in 2020. He is a player who will always be renowned for his ability to achieve success with limited resources.
