SUNDAY, February 16, 2014
Born on March 26, 1985 in Pune, Maharashtra, Kedar Mahadav Jadhav is an Indian cricketer.
Jadhav is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional off-break bowler. He plays for Maharashtra in Indian domestic cricket. He played in the Indian Premier League with the Delhi Daredevils in 2010 before being picked by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala for 2011.Jadhav has also represented India A and West Zone cricket team. He is an aggressive batsman with attractive strokeplay and is rated highly in domestic circles.
Jadhav, who was initially in the Royal Challengers Bangalore development squad, was signed by Delhi Daredevils in 2010. He made immediate impact as he scored a 29-ball 50 (5 fours and 2 sixes) for Delhi against the Royal Challengers in his debut IPL match. He won the Man of the match award for this blistering innings. For the next season, he was signed by the new franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala, for whom he played only 6 matches that year.In 2012 he came to the Delhi Daredevils and remained with them in 2013 . He play a few matches in IPL in 2013 but was not successful. He was not retained by Delhi in the 2014 IPL auction but was bought back by Delhi for INR 200.
He possesses a decent average of 41.02 in First Class matches and 49.91 in List A Matches by scoring 1764 and 1148 runs in 31 and 27 matches played in both the formats respectively. He has the top score of 114, 141 and unbeaten 60 runs in First Class, List A and T20 formats respectively.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who got highest bid among uncapped Indian players in auction for IPL-7?
2. For which team Kedar Jadhav played in IPL-6?
3. Who was elected joint secretary of Indian Olympic Association from J&K recently?
4. Who top scored for New Zealand in the ongoing second Test match against India?
5. Who is MP Pandove?
Answers of the last week:
1. Brendon McCullum 2. CSK 3. Somdev and Yuki Bhambri 4. Harbhajan Singh 5. Former Indian cricketer.
The best entry of this week was received from Sanjay Dhar, Lane No-1, H No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar Sarwal, Jammu.
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