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{{short description|South African cricketer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use South African English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Jonathan Vandiar
| image =
| country = South Africa
| full_name = Jonathan David Vandiar
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|04|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Paarl]], [[Western Cape]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Legbreak
| role = Batsman

| columns = 3
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 115
| runs1 = 6423
| bat avg1 = 37.56
| 100s/50s1 = 11/37
| top score1 = 172[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 652
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 84.80
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/12
| catches/stumpings1 = 58/–

| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches2 = 105
| runs2 = 3130
| bat avg2 = 32.26
| 100s/50s2 = 7/17
| top score2 = 153
| deliveries2 = 72
| wickets2 = 3
| bowl avg2 =30.33
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/42
| catches/stumpings2 = 26/–

| column3 =[[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches3 = 80
| runs3 = 1,657
| bat avg3 = 23.01
| 100s/50s3 = 1/10
| top score3 = 107[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = –
| wickets3 = –
| bowl avg3 = –
| fivefor3 = –
| tenfor3 = –
| best bowling3 = –
| catches/stumpings3 = 12/–
| date = 2 April 2025
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/285687.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Jonathan David Vandiar''' (born 25 April 1990) is a South African [[first-class cricket]]er who currently plays for the Titans Cricket Team. He played for [[Dolphins (South African cricket team)|Dolphins]] since 2007 season, but later opted a switch to the Highveld Lions Cricket Team, also representing South Africa at under-19 level. he was in the team that reached the 2008 under-19 World Cup Final against India and was the top run-scoring South African in the tournament.

Vandiar went on to represent South Africa A in various tours abroad and was selected in the preliminary squad for the cricket world cup. He was signed by [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] for the [[2011 Indian Premier League]] before moving back to the Dolphins in 2012 and later joining Titans in 2016. .<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/285687.html |title=Jonathan Vandiar |access-date=1 May 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/518273.html | title=South Africa's fringe talent spurned at the IPL | date=8 June 2011 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | first=Firdose | last=Moonda | access-date=7 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/492057.html | title=Rudolph in preliminary South Africa World Cup squad | date=14 December 2010 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=7 February 2019 }}</ref>

In August 2017, he was named in [[Jo'burg Giants]]' squad for the first season of the [[T20 Global League]].<ref name="T20GL">{{cite web|url=http://www.t20.gl/news/t20-global-league-announces-final-team-squads|title=T20 Global League announces final team squads|access-date=28 August 2017|work=T20 Global League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905185645/https://www.t20.gl/news/t20-global-league-announces-final-team-squads|archive-date=5 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, in October 2017, [[Cricket South Africa]] initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.<ref name="PP">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1123408.html |title=Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league |access-date=10 October 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the [[Titans (cricket team)|Titans]] team for the 2018–19 season.<ref name="con1819">{{cite web |url=http://www.titans.co.za/index.php/categories-1-layout/item/859-multiply-titans-announce-contracts-2018-19 |title=Multiply Titans Announce Contracts 2018-19 |work=Multiply Titans |access-date=16 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616154504/http://www.titans.co.za/index.php/categories-1-layout/item/859-multiply-titans-announce-contracts-2018-19 |archive-date=16 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the leading run-scorer for the Titans in the [[2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series]], with 449 runs in seven matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12624;team=3391;type=tournament |title=4-Day Franchise Series, 2018/19 - Titans: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref> In April 2021, he was named in [[Northern Cape (cricket team)|Northern Cape]]'s squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/38193/Division-Two-squads-named-for-next-season |title=Division Two squads named for next season |work=Cricket SA |access-date=29 April 2021 |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428084036/https://cricket.co.za/news/38193/Division-Two-squads-named-for-next-season |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=285687}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vandiar, Jonathan}}
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:South African cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Paarl]]
[[Category:Dolphins (South African cricket team) players]]
[[Category:21st-century South African sportsmen]]
[[Category:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers]]
[[Category:Gauteng cricketers]]
[[Category:Lions cricketers]]
[[Category:South African expatriate cricketers in India]]

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