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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

|        birth_place = [[Solapur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]

|            bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]

|              year7  = 2021 -

'''Kedar Mahadev Jadhav''' (born 26 March 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]] and the [[Indian national cricket team]]. He is a batting [[all-rounder]] who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-breaks and occasionally [[wicket-keeper|keeps wickets]]. In the [[Indian Premier League]], he plays for the [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]], having previously played for [[Chennai Super Kings]], [[Delhi Daredevils]], [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] and [[Kochi Tuskers Kerala]].

Jadhav made his [[One Day International]] (ODI) debut for India [[Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2014–15|against Sri Lanka]] on 16 November 2014 and his [[T20 International|T20I]] debut for India [[Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015|against Zimbabwe]] on 17 July 2015.<ref name="T20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/885969.html |title=India tour of Zimbabwe, 1st T20I: Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jul 17, 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>

Jadhav was born on 26 March 1985 in [[Pune]] into a [[middle-class]] family which originally hails from Jadhavwadi in [[Madha, Maharashtra|Madha]] in [[Solapur district]].<ref name=proud>{{cite news|last1=Dighe|first1=Sandip|title=Jadhav makes Pune proud with India cap|url=http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/Jadhav-makes-Pune-proud-with-India-cap/articleshow/45170517.cms|work=Pune Mirror|access-date=22 January 2017|date=17 November 2014}}</ref> He is the youngest of four children.<ref name=salman /><ref name=proud /> His father Mahadev Jadhav was employed as an Assistant Vigilance Officer with the [[Maharashtra State Electricity Board]] until his retirement in 2003.<ref name=salman>{{cite news|last1=Naik|first1=Shivani|title=Kedar Jadhav: A Salman fan with penchant for sunglasses, clothes and belts|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/kedar-jadhav-a-salman-fan-with-penchant-for-sunglasses-clothes-and-belts-4477580/|access-date=22 January 2017|work=The Indian Express|date=17 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=rags>{{cite news|last1=Karhadkar|first1=Amol|title=Jadhav's rags-to-riches story|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/Jadhav%E2%80%99s-rags-to-riches-story/article17046920.ece|access-date=22 January 2017|work=The Hindu|date=17 January 2017}}</ref>

Jadhav was named in the Indian squad for [[Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2014|Bangladesh tour]] in June 2014 but did not get a game. He played his first international match in November 2014 against Sri Lanka in the fifth match of the Sri Lanks’s tour of India at [[Ranchi]], scoring 20 runs off 24 balls before he was out [[stumped]].

 

Jadhav played in all three ODIs against [[Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe]] in July 2015. In the third match at Harare, he scored 105 not out off 87 balls, his maiden ODI hundred. During the tour, he also made his [[Twenty20 International|T20I]] debut.

 

In January 2017, Jadhav scored 120 off 76 balls and shared a 200 run partnership with captain [[Virat Kohli]] to help India to register a win against [[England cricket team|England]] on his home ground. In the third match of the same series, he scored 90 runs and almost guided India home in a pursuit of 320. He was dismissed in the second last ball of the innings, and although, India lost the match, Jadhav had by then firmly established his place in the middle order and was awarded the Player of the Series award, having scored 232 runs in the series. Jadhav went on to represent India in the [[ICC Champions Trophy 2017|Champions Trophy 2017]] and has been an integral part of the Indian team since.

In April 2019, Jadhav was named in [[2019 Cricket World Cup squads#India|India's squad]] for the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26528278/rahul-karthik-pant-rayudu-india-world-cup-squad |title=Rahul and Karthik in, Pant and Rayudu out of India's World Cup squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 April 2019|date=15 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1179330 |title=Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar in India's World Cup squad |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref>

Ahead of the 2016 IPL, Jadhav was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore for an undisclosed amount. In 2018, he was picked by [[Chennai Super Kings]] but was ruled out of the tournament after tearing his [[hamstring]] in the opening match against [[Mumbai Indians]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1142815.html |title=Kedar Jadhav ruled out of IPL 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=9 April 2018|date=9 April 2018 }}</ref> In February 2021, Jadhav was bought by the [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] in the [[List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes|IPL auction]] ahead of the [[2021 Indian Premier League]] for INR 2 crores.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 February 2021|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2021-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1252152 |title=IPL 2021 auction: The list of sold and unsold players |first=Sreshth |last=Shah |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref>