Jai Prakash Yadav

Jai Prakash Yadav
Personal information
Full name Jai Prakash Yadav
Born (1974-08-07) 7 August 1974
BHOPAL, MAdhya Pradesh, India
Nickname JP
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 146) 6 November, 2002 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 69
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1994-20013 Madhya Pradesh
2000-2010 Railways
2006/08 Delhi Giants
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 12 130 134 12
Runs scored 81 7334 3,620 107
Batting average 20.25 36.85 32.61 15.28
100s/50s 0/1 13/36 4/23 -/-
Top score 69 265 128 33*
Balls bowled 396 18819 5638 264
Wickets 6 296 135 12
Bowling average 54.33 23.13 29.32 26.83
5 wickets in innings - 18 1 -
10 wickets in match - 2 -
Best bowling 3/32 8/80 5/49 3/21
Catches/stumpings 3/- 84/- 46/- 3/-
Source: cricinfo, 13 August, 2014
Not to be confused with Jyoti Yadav.

Jai Prakash Yadav  pronunciation  (born 7 August 1974, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Playing for Railways cricket team in the Ranji Trophy, he batted primarily as an opener. His highest first class score of 265 is the best ever by a Madhya Pradesh batsman.

Yadav's ability to bat and bowl well got him drafted for the team in November 2002. But he did not perform well in the ODIs against West Indies and was dropped.

He topped the wicket takers' list in 2004/05 domestic season, with an allround performance which helped Railways and Central zone win the Ranji Trophy and the Duleep Trophy respectively. He was again called into the ODI team, for the 2005 Indian Oil Cup, before again being discarded at the end of the year. He is now one of the renegade cricketers who have joined the ESSEL Group's Indian Cricket League.He is playing district level cricket in the captaincy of Amarjeet kumar Roy(Danapur,Patna).

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