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Radha Yadav

Radha Yadav (born 21 April 2000) is an Indian cricketer.[1][2] She plays for Mumbai, Baroda and West zone.[3] She has played 4 First-class, 13 List A and 16 Women's Twenty20 matches.[4] She made her debut in major domestic cricket on 10 January 2015 against Kerala.[5]

Radha Yadav
Yadav bowling for Sydney Sixers during WBBL|07
Personal information
Full name
Radha Yadav
Born (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 129)14 March 2021 v South Africa
Last ODI16 June 2024 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 58)13 February 2018 v South Africa
Last T20I23 February 2023 v Australia
T20I shirt no.21
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014/15Mumbai
2015/16–presentBaroda
2019–2020Supernovas
2021/22Sydney Sixers
2022Velocity
2023–presentDelhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 1 55
Runs scored – 67
Batting average – 5.58
100s/50s – 0/0
Top score – 14
Balls bowled 58 1,131
Wickets 0 62
Bowling average – 19.79
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling – 4/23
Catches/stumpings 0/- 16/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 February 2023
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's Cricket
T20 World Cup
Second place 2020 Australia Team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team
Asia Cup
First place 2022 Bangladesh Team
Second place 2024 Sri Lanka Team

Early life

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She was born prematurely in the seventh month in Kandivli (West), Mumbai.[6] She lives in a 225 sq. ft. house, behind her father's vegetable stall, which is placed outside the society which was redeveloped under the Slum Redevelopment Area (SRA) scheme.[6] Her father Omprakash Yadav originally belongs to Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh.[7] She started playing cricket in the society's compound with boys, where her coach, Prafful Naik, noticed her and has trained her since she was 12 years old. He shifted her from Anandibai Damodar Kale Vidyalaya to Our Lady of Remedy (Kandivali) in 2013.[8] She went to Vidya Kunj School.[9]

Career

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She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 13 February 2018.[10]

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[11][12] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for India in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.[13]

In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[14]

On Nov 9, 2020, during final match of Women's T20 Challenge 2020, between Trailblazers Vs Supernovas, she become the first T20 player of Women's T20 Challenge to take 5 wicket haul.

In February 2021, she was named in India's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[15] She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for India, against South Africa, on 14 March 2021.[16]

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team.[17]

She played for Sydney Sixers in the 2021 Women's Big Bash League.[18] In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[19]

She was named in the India squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup[20] and their home ODI series against New Zealand in October 2024.[21]

References

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  1. ^ Player's Profile
  2. ^ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ "India's potential Test debutantes: Where were they in November 2014?". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ Statistics
  5. ^ Mumbai vs Kerala
  6. ^ a b "Radha Yadav, Mumbai Vegetable Vendor's Daughter Becomes India Cricketer". Mid Day. 25 March 2018.
  7. ^ "ICC महिला T20 वर्ल्ड कप में अपना जलवा बिखेरेंगी जौनपुर की दो बेटियां राधा यादव और शिखा पांडे". News18 Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  8. ^ "RADHA YADAV".
  9. ^ "Radha Yadav followed her first coach to Vadodara". The Times of India.
  10. ^ "1st T20I, India Women tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Feb 13 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  12. ^ "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  13. ^ "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - India Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  15. ^ "India Women's squad for ODI and T20I series against South Africa announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  16. ^ "4th ODI, Lucknow, Mar 14 2021, South Africa Women tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  17. ^ "India's Senior Women squad for the only Test match, ODI & T20I series against England announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  18. ^ PTI (27 September 2021). "WBBL 2021-22: Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav sign Sydney Sixers for upcoming Women's Big Bash League". InsideSport. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  20. ^ "India's squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  21. ^ "India's Squad for IDFC First Bank ODI Series against New Zealand announced". BCCI. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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