Poonam Yadav

Poonam Yadav (born 24 August 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national women's cricket team as a leg-spin bowler.[1][2] She made her debut in International cricket on 5 April 2013 in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Bangladesh. Yadav's debut in Test Series on 16 November 2014 against South Africa and her ODI debut was on 12 April 2013 against Bangladesh.[3]

Poonam Yadav
Personal information
Born (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991
Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 82)16 November 2014 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 107)12 April 2013 v Bangladesh
Last ODI22 March 2022 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 41)5 April 2013 v Bangladesh
Last T20I9 February 2022 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2013/14Uttar Pradesh
2011/12–2017/18India Red
2012/13–2016/17Central Zone
2012/13–2018/19India Blue
2014/15–presentRailways
2019–2020Supernovas
2021/22Brisbane Heat
2022Trailblazers
2023–presentDelhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 58 72
Runs scored – 95 14
Batting average – 7.91 2.80
100s/50s – 0/0 0/0
Top score – 15 4
Balls bowled 246 3,036 1,560
Wickets 3 80 98
Bowling average 22.66 25.15 15.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/22 4/13 4/9
Catches/stumpings 0/- 13/- 15/-
Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2022

Early life

Yadav was born on 24 August 1991 in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her father's name is Raghuveer Singh Yadav, who is a retired army officer. Her mother's name is Munna Devi and she is a homemaker.[3]

To pursue her career, Yadav had to shift to Agra from Mainpuri.[4] There she trained at the Eklavya Sports Stadium.[4] Three years later, Yadav almost quit cricket but was motivated by her father to continue further.[4]

International career
Yadav bowling for India against Bangladesh during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Yadav bowling for India against Bangladesh during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Yadav was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.[5][6][7] In June 2018, she entered the top five of the women's T20I rankings and came in third on the list.[8] In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[9][10] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[11] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for India in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.[12] She became India's highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 Internationals in September 2018 with 57 wickets from 39 T20Is. She went past Jhulan Goswami's tally of 56 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka.[13] She is also the only front-line bowler who has been in every T20 match for India in 2018.[14]

In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[15] India reached the final but lost to the hosts, with Yadav taking 1-30 (her solitary wicket being that of Rachael Haynes) and scoring 1 run before being last out to confirm Australia's victory.[16] Her best bowling performance came in the opening game against the eventual champions Australia, where she wreaked havoc with figures of 4-0-19-4[17][18]

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team.[19] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[20]

T20 Leagues

Poonam played for Supernovas in the Women's T20 Challenge in 2019 and 2022.[21] She played for Brisbane Heat in the 2021–22 Women's Big Bash League.[22]

References
  1. "Poonam Yadav". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. "Poonam Yadav". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. Thatte, Mamta (12 November 2018). "Poonam Yadav Biography: A Life Story Defining Astounding Strength & Shutting all Naysayers Poonam Yadav Biography | Height | Wiki | Profile". Voice of Indian Sports - KreedOn. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. "Poonam Yadav- The UP Wonder girl carving out her own niche". CricXtasy. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
  6. World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
  7. England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
  8. "Poonam Yadav, Anam Amin vault to top five in T20I rankings". ESPNcricinfo. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  9. "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  10. "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  11. "Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  12. "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - India Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  13. "Poonam Yadav makes the googly her big weapon". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  14. "Women's World T20 2018: Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav needs to continue her rich vein of form for India's progress in mega event". FirstCricket. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  15. "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  16. "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs IND Women Final 2019/20 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  17. "Poonam threat not Australia's sole focus for final". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  18. "Full Scorecard of IND Women vs AUS Women 1st Match, Group A 2019/20 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  19. "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.
  20. "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  21. "Poonam Yadav of Supernova during the final of the Women's T20 Challenge, 2019 between the Supernovas and Velocity held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on the 11th May 2019 Photo by: Prashant Bhoot /SPORTZPICS for BCCI". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  22. "India leg-spinner Poonam Yadav joins Brisbane Heat for upcoming Women's Big Bash League". India Today. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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