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]
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]
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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]
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]
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