Poonam Yadav
Femaletrue
CountryIndia
Birth date24 August 1991 (age 35)
Birth placeMainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
RoleBowler
Internationaltrue
Onetesttrue
Testdebutdate16 November
Testdebutyear2014
TestdebutagainstSouth Africa
Testcap82
Odidebutdate12 April
Odidebutyear2013
OdidebutagainstBangladesh
Odicap107
Lastodidate22 March
Lastodiyear2022
LastodiagainstBangladesh
T20idebutdate5 April
T20idebutyear2013
T20idebutagainstBangladesh
T20icap41
Lastt20iagainstNew Zealand
Lastt20idate9 February
Lastt20iyear2022
Club 1Uttar Pradesh
Year 12007/08–2013/14
Club 2India Red
Year 22011/12–2017/18
Club 3Central Zone
Year 32012/13–2016/17
Club 4India Blue
Year 42012/13–2018/19
Club 5Railways
Year 52014/15–present
Club 6Supernovas
Year 62019–2020
Club 7Brisbane Heat
Year 72021/22
Club 8Trailblazers
Year 82022
Club 9Delhi Capitals
Year 92023
Columns3
Column 1WTest
Matches 11
Runs 1–
Bat avg 1–
100s/50s 1–
Top score 1–
Deliveries 1246
Wickets 13
Bowl avg 122.66
Fivefor 10
Tenfor 10
Best bowling 12/22
Catches/stumpings 10/-
Column 2WODI
Matches 258
Runs 295
Bat avg 27.91
100s/50s 20/0
Top score 215
Deliveries 23,036
Wickets 280
Bowl avg 225.15
Fivefor 20
Tenfor 20
Best bowling 24/13
Catches/stumpings 213/-
Column 3WT20I
Matches 372
Runs 314
Bat avg 32.80
100s/50s 30/0
Top score 34
Deliveries 31,560
Wickets 398

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 Test debut, on 16 November 2014, was against South Africa and her ODI debut, on 12 April 2013, was against Bangladesh.[3]

Early life

Yadav was born in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, to Raghuveer Yadav, a retired army officer, and Munna Devi, 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 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". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Poonam Yadav". CricketArchive. 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. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. 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". ESPNcricinfo. 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. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 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". ESPNcricinfo. 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. October 8, 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.