Radha Yadav

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| name = Radha Yadav

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| caption = Yadav bowling for Sydney Sixers during WBBL{{!}}07

| country = India

| fullname = Radha Yadav

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|4|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role = Bowler

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| internationalspan = 2018{{endash}}present

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| odidebutdate = 14 March

| odidebutyear = 2021

| odidebutagainst = South Africa

| odicap = 129

| lastodidate = 16 June

| lastodiyear = 2024

| lastodiagainst = South Africa

| T20Idebutdate = 13 February

| T20Idebutyear = 2018

| T20Idebutagainst = South Africa

| T20Icap = 58

| lastT20Idate = 23 February

| lastT20Iyear = 2023

| lastT20Iagainst = Australia

| T20Ishirt = 21

| club1 = Mumbai

| year1 = 2014/15

| club2 = Baroda

| year2 = {{nowrap|2015/16–present}}

| club3 = Supernovas

| year3 = 2019–2020

| club4 = Sydney Sixers

| year4 = 2021/22

| club5 = Velocity

| year5 = 2022

| club6 = Delhi Capitals

| year6 = 2023–present

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| matches2 = 55

| runs2 = 67

| bat avg2 = 5.58

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| top score2 = 14

| deliveries2 = 1,131

| wickets2 = 62

| bowl avg2 = 19.79

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| best bowling2 = 4/23

| catches/stumpings2 = 16/-

| date = 23 February 2023

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/960737.html ESPNcricinfo

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Radha Yadav (born 21 April 2000) is an Indian cricketer.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1776/1776757/1776757.html Player's Profile]{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1236482/20-women-cricketers-for-the-2020s |title=20 women cricketers for the 2020s |work=The Cricket Monthly |accessdate=24 November 2020}} She plays for Mumbai, Baroda and West zone.{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/india-test-newbies-where-were-they-in-november-2014 |title=India's potential Test debutantes: Where were they in November 2014? |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=10 June 2021}} She has played 4 First-class, 13 List A and 16 Women's Twenty20 matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1776/1776757/statistics_lists.html Statistics] She made her debut in major domestic cricket on 10 January 2015 against Kerala.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/769/769255.html Mumbai vs Kerala]

Early life

She was born prematurely in the seventh month in Kandivli (West), Mumbai.{{Cite web|date=25 March 2018|title=Radha Yadav, Mumbai Vegetable Vendor's Daughter Becomes India Cricketer|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/radha-yadav-mumbai-vegetable-vendors-daughter-becomes-india-cricketer/19239199|website=Mid Day}} 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. Her father Omprakash Yadav originally belongs to Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh.{{Cite web|date=|title=ICC महिला T20 वर्ल्ड कप में अपना जलवा बिखेरेंगी जौनपुर की दो बेटियां राधा यादव और शिखा पांडे|url=http://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur-jaunpur-daughters-radha-yadav-and-shikha-pandey-selected-in-team-india-for-icc-women-t20-world-cup-upat-2769898.html|access-date=2021-06-28|website=News18 Hindi|language=hi}} She started playing cricket in the society's compound with boys, where her coach, Prafful Naik, noticed her and has trained her since she was 12 years old. He shifted her from Anandibai Damodar Kale Vidyalaya to Our Lady of Remedy (Kandivali) in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/radha-yadav-mumbai-vegetable-vendors-daughter-becomes-india-cricketer/19239199|title=RADHA YADAV}} She went to Vidya Kunj School.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/radha-followed-her-first-coach-to-vadodara/articleshow/62626471.cms|title=Radha Yadav followed her first coach to Vadodara|website=The Times of India }}

Career

She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 13 February 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1123206.html|title=1st T20I, India Women tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Feb 13 2018|work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=13 February 2018}}

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.{{cite web |url=http://www.bcci.tv/news/2018/press-releases/17669/indian-womens-team-for-icc-womens-world-twenty20-announced |title=Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |accessdate=28 September 2018 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928121529/http://www.bcci.tv/news/2018/press-releases/17669/indian-womens-team-for-icc-womens-world-twenty20-announced |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/863769 |title=India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=28 September 2018}} She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for India in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12461;team=1863;type=tournament |title=ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - India Women: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=23 November 2018}}

In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28468147/kaur-mandhana-verma-part-full-strength-india-squad-t20-world-cup |title=Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup |work=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=12 January 2020}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/150912/india-women-s-squad-for-odi-and-t20i-series-against-south-africa-announced |title=India Women's squad for ODI and T20I series against South Africa announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date= 27 February 2021}} She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for India, against South Africa, on 14 March 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1253270.html |title=4th ODI, Lucknow, Mar 14 2021, South Africa Women tour of India |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 March 2021}}

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test squad for their one-off match against the England women's cricket team.{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/154389/india-s-senior-women-squad-for-the-only-test-match-odi-t20i-series-against-england-announced |title=India's Senior Women squad for the only Test match, ODI & T20I series against England announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=14 May 2021}}

She played for Sydney Sixers in the 2021 Women's Big Bash League.{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=2021-09-27|title=WBBL 2021-22: Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav sign Sydney Sixers for upcoming Women's Big Bash League|url=https://www.insidesport.in/wbbl-2021-22-shafali-verma-radha-yadav-sign-sydney-sixers-for-upcoming-womens-big-bash-league/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=InsideSport|language=en-gb}} In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2022/news/55555899/team-india-senior-women-squad-for-birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games-announced?type=Latest |title=Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=11 July 2022}}

She was named in the India squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup{{cite web |url=https://www.bcci.tv/bccilink/articles/jKTSq82Z |title=India’s squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=3 October 2024}} and their home ODI series against New Zealand in October 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/bccilink/articles/EEI1QDRi|title=India's Squad for IDFC First Bank ODI Series against New Zealand announced|publisher=BCCI|accessdate=9 November 2024}}