Poonam Yadav
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Born | Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | 24 August 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm legbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test | 16 November 2014 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 107) | 12 April 2013 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 November 2019 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 41) | 5 April 2013 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 10 November 2019 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 November 2019 |
Poonam Yadav (born 24 August 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's cricket team.[1][2] She made her debut in International cricket on 5 April 2013 in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Bangladesh. Yadav's debut in Test Series on 16 November 2014 against South Africa and her ODI debut was on 12 April 2013 against Bangladesh.[3]
She plays the role of Bowler in the team and her batting style is Right-hand bat and bowling style is Legbreak googly.[4] Her jersey number is 24 in the Indian Women Cricket team.[5]
Early life
Yadav was born on 24 August 1991 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father's name is Raghuveer Singh Yadav, who is a retired army officer. Her mother's name is Munna Devi and she is a homemaker.[6]
Yadav did her schooling and graduation in Uttar Pradesh. Her domestic/state teams were Central Zone, Uttar Pradesh and Railways.[7] She was later selected as a bowler for the Indian women's cricket team. Currently, her coach is Hemlata Kala.[5]
To pursue her career, Yadav to shift to Agra.[8] There she trained at the Eklavya Sports Stadium.[8] Three years later, Yadav almost quit cricket but was motivated by her father to continue further[8]
International career
Yadav was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.[9][10][11] In June 2018, she entered the top five of the women's T20I rankings and came in third on the list.[12] In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[13][14] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[15] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for India in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.[16] She became India's highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 Internationals in September 2018 with 57 wickets from 39 T20Is. She went past Jhulan Goswami's tally of 56 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka Women.[17] She is also the only front-line bowler who has been in every T20 match for India in 2018.[18]
References
- ^ "Poonam Yadav". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Poonam Yadav". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Thatte, Mamta (12 November 2018). "Poonam Yadav Biography: A Life Story Defining Astounding Strength & Shutting all Naysayers Poonam Yadav Biography | Height | Wiki | Profile". Voice of Indian Sports - KreedOn. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Poonam Yadav". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Poonam Yadav (Cricketer) Height, Weight, Age, Boyfriend, Biography & More » StarsUnfolded". StarsUnfolded. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Thatte, Mamta (12 November 2018). "Poonam Yadav Biography: A Life Story Defining Astounding Strength & Shutting all Naysayers Poonam Yadav Biography | Height | Wiki | Profile". Voice of Indian Sports - KreedOn. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Dinesh (23 May 2018). "Poonam Yadav (Cricketer) Wiki, Biography, Age, Matches, Images". News Bugz. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Poonam Yadav- The UP Wonder girl carving out her own niche". CricXtasy. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
- ^ World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
- ^ England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
- ^ "Poonam Yadav, Anam Amin vault to top five in T20I rankings". ESPNcricinfo. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - India Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Poonam Yadav makes the googly her big weapon". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Women's World T20 2018: Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav needs to continue her rich vein of form for India's progress in mega event- Firstcricket News, Firstpost". FirstCricket. Retrieved 15 December 2018.