Upendra Diwansingh Yadav (born 8 October 1996) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for

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. He made his first-class debut for Uttar Pradesh in the

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on 29 November 2016. He made his

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debut for Uttar Pradesh in the

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on 5 February 2018. He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.25

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, in the

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auction.

Early and personal life

Upendra Yadav is the youngest son of retired sub-inspector of Uttar Pradesh police, Dewan Singh Yadav and grew up in

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, Uttar Pradesh. As a 12 year old, Upendra Yadav trained for two years at the Kanpur South Ground under S.N.Singh, and at 14, moved to Kamala Cricket Academy to be coached by former Uttar Pradesh captain Sashikant Khandekar. His elder brother, Varun Yadav, took care of all his training needs and guided him during his formative years. Upendra Yadav says of him: "My brother gave up his dream of becoming a cricketer for me. Right from 6 am till evening, he would stick around me - guiding me and taking care of all things I required to keep myself focused on my game". Upendra Yadav graduated in Science and works for Indian Railways as junior clerk in the engineering department of North Eastern Railway's Lucknow division.

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