Radha Yadav

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

Radha Yadav
Personal information
Full nameRadha Prakash Yadav
Born (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingRight-hand
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 58)13 February 2018 v South Africa
Last T20I8 March 2020 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015-presentBaroda Women
2015-2016Mumbai Women
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches 35
Runs scored 48
Batting average 5.33
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 14
Balls bowled 765
Wickets 49
Bowling average 16.36
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match -
Best bowling 4/23
Catches/stumpings 7/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 April 2020

Early life

She was born prematurely in the seventh month in Kandivli(West), Mumbai.[5] 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 Shri 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 been training 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 currently goes to Vidya Kunj School.[9]

Career

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.

References
  1. Player's Profile
  2. "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. Statistics
  4. Mumbai vs Kerala
  5. "Radha Yadav, Mumbai Vegetable Vendor's Daughter Becomes India Cricketer".
  6. "Radha Yadav, Mumbai Vegetable Vendor's Daughter Becomes India Cricketer".
  7. https://hindi.news18.com/amp/news/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur-jaunpur-daughters-radha-yadav-and-shikha-pandey-selected-in-team-india-for-icc-women-t20-world-cup-upat-2769898.html
  8. "RADHA YADAV".
  9. "Radha Yadav followed her first coach to Vadodara".
  10. "1st T20I, India Women tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Feb 13 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. 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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  14. "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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