Kedar Mahadev Jadhav (born 26 March 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for

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and has also played for the

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. He is a batting

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who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, and occasionally keeps wickets. In the

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, he played for

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and

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. Jadhav made his

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(ODI) debut for India against Sri Lanka on 16 November 2014 and his

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debut for India against Zimbabwe on 17 July 2015. He was ranked seventh in ''

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'''s Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2017.

Early life

Jadhav was born on 26 March 1985 in

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into a

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family which originally hails from Jadhavwadi in Madha in

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. He is the youngest of four children. His father Mahadev Jadhav was employed as a clerk with the

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until his retirement in 2003. Jadhav lives in the western

locality of

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and started playing cricket at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana. He initially represented Rainbow Cricket Club in

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tournaments, before getting selected for the Maharashtra under-19 team in 2004.

Domestic career

In October 2019, Jadhav was named in India B's squad for the

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International career

In April 2019, Jadhav was named in India's squad for the

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Indian Premier League

Jadhav, who was initially in the

(RCB) development squad, was signed by

in 2010. He made an immediate impact as he scored a 29-ball 50 for Delhi against RCB on his IPL debut. The following season, he was signed by new franchise

, for whom he played only six matches that year. In 2013, he was re-signed by Delhi but was not retained by Delhi in the 2014 IPL auction before being bought back by the team for 20 million scoring 149 runs in 10 innings in 2014 for Delhi. Ahead of the 2016 IPL, Jadhav was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore for an undisclosed amount. In 2018, he was picked by

but was ruled out of the tournament after tearing his

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in the opening match against

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. In February 2021, Jadhav was bought by the

in the IPL auction ahead of the

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for INR 2 crores. He went unsold in the 2022 IPL auctions.

References

External links

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Kedar Jadhav
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