Jayant Yadav (born 22 January 1990) is an Indian

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er from Delhi who plays for

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in domestic cricket. He is an

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who bats right-handed, and bowls right-arm

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. He made his international debut in October 2016.

Domestic career

In the

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, Jayant was bought by the Delhi Daredevils (now

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) for INR 10 Lakhs. He played for them till 2018. Delhi Capitals transferred him to Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2019 IPL season. In August 2019, Jayant was named in the India Green team's squad for the

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. Jayant was part of Delhi Capitals squad in the Indian Premier League 2018 but did not play a single match. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.

International career

In September 2016, Jayant was added to India's

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squad for their series against New Zealand. Jayant played for India against New Zealand at

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and took his first ODI wicket ( Corey Anderson) in same match. He got his ODI cap from

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. Three weeks later, he made his

debut for India against England at the same venue. He took his maiden test wicket in the first innings dismissing

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on 1 run via

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. He became the 286th player to play Test cricket for India. Yadav played 42 first-class matches and picked up 117 wickets before he made his Test debut for India Jayant is proving himself as a useful batsman besides specialist bowler for the team. In the first 3 tests that Jayant has played, he has scored one century and one half-century and has an average of over 73. He became the first batsman for India to score a century after coming at number 9. His partnership with

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of 241 runs for 8th wicket is the second best in the world. In December 2018, Jayant was named as the captain of India's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.

Personal life

On 19 November 2019, Jayant got engaged to his friend, Disha Chawla.

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also attended their engagement. Jayant is nephew of

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, famous politician and psephologist.

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