Upendra Yadav IPL Profile

Upendra Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Railways. He has also played for Rest of India and Uttar Pradesh. Yadav started his cricketing journey with the Uttar Pradesh Under-16s at the age of 26. He is predominantly a wicket-keeper batsman but can also come handy with the ball. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler.

Upendra Yadav was born on October 8, 1996, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and he is currently 26 years of age at the time of IPL 2023. He grew up in Uttar Pradesh and got his cricket education from a very young age and started catching the eye and was selected for the Uttar Pradesh under-16 side.

Upendra Singh is a domestic cricket player who has played in all three formats of the game. He made his debut for Uttar Pradesh in a T20 match against Railways in Nagpur in April 2014. In first-class cricket, Upendra made his debut for Uttar Pradesh against Railways in Rajkot in November 2016. He made his List A debut for Uttar Pradesh against Delhi  in Bilaspur in February 2018.

Yadav has a frame of 5 feet 9 inches and has a body weight of 71 kg. He was snapped up by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs. 25 lakhs in the IPL 2023 auction. A clean hitter and a solid wicket-keeper, he could prove to be a solid asset for the Hyderabad franchise.