Jhye Richardson IPL Profile

Jhye Avon Richardson is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and the Australian National Cricket Team. He was born on September 20 , 1996 in Murdoch, Australia. He made his debut in domestic cricket in October 2015, and made his international debut for the Australia national cricket team in February 2017.

Richardson made his List A debut for Western Australia on 21 October 2015 in the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup 2015–16. In December 2015 he was named in Australia's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. On 16 January 2016 he made his debut for the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League 2015–16. He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 15 March 2016 in the Sheffield Shield 2015–16.

In the Big Bash League 2016–17, Richardson claimed 11 wickets for the Scorchers and was named player of the match in the final after taking 3-30 as the Scorchers defeated the Sydney Sixers. In November 2018, Richardson took a career best 8/47 in the first innings against New South Wales at Optus Stadium. 

In February 2021, Richardson was bought by the Punjab Kings in the IPL auction ahead of the Indian Premier League 2021, and also the Welsh Fire for the inaugural 2021 season of The Hundred tournament. 

Richardson was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2023 auction. In March 2023, Richardson underwent surgery to address hamstring issues, and will miss the 2023 IPL season as a result.

In February 2017 Richardson was named in Australia's T20I squad for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut for Australia against Sri Lanka at Kardinia Park, Geelong on 19 February 2017. In January 2018, he was named in Australia's ODI squad for their series against England. 

Richardson made his ODI debut for Australia against England on 19 January 2018. Later in the same month, he was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against South Africa in March 2018, however, he did not play. In April 2018, he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season.

In January 2019, Richardson was named in the squad for the ODI series against India. He played the first game at the Sydney Cricket Ground and returned with his career-best figures the wicket of the Indian captain Virat Kohli, to help Australia to its 1,000th international win across all formats. Later that month, Richardson was added to Australia's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka, replacing the injured Josh Hazlewood. He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka on 24 January 2019, taking three wickets in the first innings.

He was awarded the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony by Cricket Australia in 2018. Richardson played in the final three matches of the Australia's ODI series against India in March 2019, claiming 8 wickets as Australia came back from an 0–2 series deficit to eventually win the series 3–2.

In the subsequent series against Pakistan in the UAE in March 2019, Richardson dislocated his shoulder in the second match diving in the outfield. Despite this, in April 2019 he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. 

The International Cricket Council named Richardson as one of the five exciting talents making their Cricket World Cup debut. However, he was later ruled out of the tournament and was replaced in the squad by Kane Richardson. In December 2021, in the second Ashes match against England, Richardson took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.

In the subsequent series against Pakistan in the UAE in March 2019, Richardson dislocated his shoulder in the second match diving in the outfield. Despite this, in April 2019 he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 World Cup. 

The International Cricket Council named him as one of the five exciting talents making their Cricket World Cup debut. However, he was later ruled out of the tournament and was replaced in the squad by Kane Richardson.