Jaydev Dipakbhai Unadkat is an Indian cricket player who has played for the Indian national team. He was born on October 18, 1991. He plays cricket at home for Saurashtra. In 2010, when he was 19, he played for India in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In March 2020, Unadkat led Saurashtra to win the Ranji Trophy for the first time. After 12 years, Unadkat came back in the Test XI in December 2022.
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Domestic career of Jaydev Unadkat:
Unadkat plays for Saurashtra at home. In the Indian Premier League, he has played for a number of teams. When Royal Challengers Bangalore picked up Jaydev Unadkat in 2013, he was one of the most expensive Indian players. After bowling 5/25 against Delhi Daredevils in May 2013, he was named Player of the Match. This was his best T20 performance.
In 2014, Unadkat was chosen by Delhi in the IPL auction, and in February 2016, Kolkata Knight Riders won the sale by bidding 160 lakhs (US$200,000) for his services. He moved again, this time to Rising Pune Supergiants in February 2017. In the 10th IPL, he got a hat-trick against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last over of the game, which was a wicket-less over.
In the Ranji Trophy, he became the second Saurashtra bowler to take 200 wickets. Unadkat was named to the India Red team’s squad for the 2019–20 Duleep Trophy and then to the India A team’s squad for the 2019–20 Deodhar Trophy in August 2019. With 67 wickets in ten games, he got rid of the most batsmen in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy. Mumbai Indians bought Unadkat at an auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League event in February 2022. Lucknow Super Giants bought him at the IPL sale on December 23, 2022.
International career of Jaydev Unadkat:
In 2010, Unadkat played for the Indian under-19 team in England and took 13 wickets at Grace Road in his first-class cricket debut against the West Indies. In December 2010 at Centurion, Unadkat made his international debut against South Africa as a net bowler for the Indian national team in Sri Lanka.
On December 22, 2022, at Mirpur, Kuldeep Yadav was replaced by Unadkat for the second Test against Bangladesh. After 12 years, Jaydev Unadkat made his return to the Test team. In June 2016, Unadkat played in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club.
Batting and Bowling Stats:
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| Test | 2 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 14.5 | 63 | 46.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| ODI | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| T20I | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| IPL | 94 | 27 | 14 | 173 | 26 | 13.31 | 140 | 123.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 2 | 3 | 306 | 168 | 3 | 2/50 | 3/67 | 3.29 | 56.0 | 102.0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 7 | 7 | 312 | 209 | 8 | 4/41 | 4/41 | 4.02 | 26.12 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 10 | 10 | 208 | 301 | 14 | 3/38 | 3/38 | 8.68 | 21.5 | 14.86 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 94 | 93 | 1944 | 2870 | 91 | 5/25 | 5/25 | 8.86 | 31.54 | 21.36 | 2 | 0 |
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