Kuldeep Yadav is a 24 year old cricket player for the Indian National Team who hails from the Uttar Pradesh region of the country. His role in the team is that of a bowler who is a left arm batsman and a slow left arm chinaman bowler. He currently plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the popular Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise.
Kuldeep Yadav is a tremendously good spin bowler and although he started out as a first bowler, his change to spin has massively benefitted him. He is one of the regular players in the current India squad and is one of the best spinners in the world right now.
In this article, you will learn about Kuldeep Yadav income, earnings, salary, early life and other information.
Kuldeep Yadav Early Life
Kuldeep Yadav was born on 14th December 1994 in Kanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. His father is a brick kiln owner and he was a very meritorious student who initially wanted to play cricket for fun. He said that his father wanted him to continue playing cricket and took him to a coach. Yadav dreamed of being a left arm fast bowler but the coach did not like his build and suggested him to become a left arm chinaman, one of the rare bowlers.
This decision changed his career. Soon, he was playing for the Uttar Pradesh domestic team and was picked up by the Mumbai Indians squad in the Indian Premier League in 2012. Kolkata Knight Riders bought him in 2014 and he has played for them since.
Yadav made his India team debut in ODIs on 23rd June 2017 against West Indies and his Test debut against Australia on 25th March 2017. He is the first slow left arm chinaman bowler to represent India in Test cricket and the third chinaman to take four wickets on his Test debut.
Yadav has broken a lot of records in his two years of playing for the Indian team. He was the third Indian bowler to take a five wicket haul in a T20 international after Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. On 12th July 2018, he set the record for the best bowling figures by a chinaman in an ODI. He also broke the record for the best ever bowling by a left arm spinner in ODIs and the best bowling figures by a spinner in ODIs against England.
Kuldeep Yadav rose to 3rd position in ICC T20 international rankings in February 2019, which is a career best.
KULDEEP YADAV INCOME 2020: Rs 20 CRORES (APPROX)
Kuldeep Yadav Income
Kuldeep Yadav income mostly comes from the Indian Premier League and his national team fees. He was picked by Mumbai Indians in 2012 for their development squad and was paid Rs. 10 lakhs per season although he rarely played.
He was then bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs. 40 lakhs in 2014. He played for them occasionally and represented them in the IPL as well as the Champions League T20. He played for the Knight Riders till 2017 and then was again bought by them in the 2018 auction for a whopping Rs. 5.8 crores. He was retained for the same salary in 2019.
Kuldeep Yadav earnings also include his salary from the BCCI to play for the National Team. He is part of the list of contracted players by the BCCI and falls under the Grade A category and is paid a retainer fee of Rs. 5 crores every year.
Kuldeep Yadav income has also been because of the several match fees which he earned playing for the national team. The match fees of these matches are anywhere between Rs. 5 to 8 lakhs at present depending on the format of the match along with different performances bonuses for Man of the Match etc.
Kuldeep Yadav net worth has been steadily increasing at a rate of 150-200% every year since his selection in the national team and his performances in the IPL.
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Kuldeep Yadav House and Cars
Kuldeep Yadav has a house has a family house in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandar Nagar and a luxury apartment in Kanpur.
Kuldeep Yadav cars include a family Mercedes which costs between Rs. 40-50 lakhs.
Conclusion
Kuldeep Yadav is easily one of the best spin bowlers in the world now and if he can keep himself he can easily become a strength to India’s bowling for the next four to five years in the spin department along with Yuzvendra Chahal.
Kuldeep is a role model for youngsters. A 15 year old Kuldeep thought of committing suicide after not getting selected for Uttar Pradesh U-15 team but resisted that thought and fought and worked hard to get selected for the national team.
9 years later, he’s one of the 15 cricketers selected for the Indian team in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup and is one of the players in the World Cup to look out for.
We wish him all the best for his career.
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