Radha Yadav

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Radha Yadav
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Yadav bowling for Sydney Sixers during WBBL|07
Personal information
Full name
Radha Prakash Yadav
Born (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 23)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
BattingRight-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Only ODI(cap  129)14 March 2021 v  South Africa
T20I debut(cap  58)13 February 2018 v  South Africa
Last T20I23 February 2023 v  Australia
T20I shirt no.21
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Women's Cricket
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team

Radha Prakash Yadav (born 21 April 2000) is an Indian cricketer. [1] [2] She plays for Mumbai, Baroda and West zone. [3] She has played 4 First-class, 13 List A and 16 Women's Twenty20 matches. [4] She made her debut in major domestic cricket on 10 January 2015 against Kerala. [5]

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Early life

She was born prematurely in the seventh month in Kandivli (West), Mumbai. [6] 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 went 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.

In February 2021, she was named in India's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their series against South Africa. [15] She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for India, against South Africa, on 14 March 2021. [16]

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team. [17]

She plays for Sydney Sixers in the 2021 Women's Big Bash League. [18] In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. [19]

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