Yash Thakur is an Indian right arm bowler who currently plays for the Lucknow Super Giants, check out his brief bio, age, height, weight, net worth, bowling speed, career stats and records
Yash Thakur is currently playing his first season with the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2023 season.
Cricketer Yash Thakur biography, age, family, hometown, IPL 2023 team, price, bowling speed, stats
Death-over specialist Yash Thakur makes debut in IPL. He impressed everyone in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022-23 with his sheer pace, accuracy and ability to swing the ball both ways. In 10 SMAT matches, the 24 year old picked up 15 wickets at a miserly economy rate of 7.17. pic.twitter.com/8SYmRrc50G
— Sanjay Kishore (@saintkishore) April 3, 2023
Maiden IPL wicket for Yash Thakur. 😍#KLRahul | #LSG | #IPL2023 | #LSGvSRH pic.twitter.com/Ud4LQgXye3
— Kunal Yadav (@kunaalyaadav) April 7, 2023
LSG bought Yash Thakur for 45 lakhs during the IPL players auction ahead of the 2023 IPL season.
Yash Thakur brief bio
Yash Thakur is an Indian right arm bowler was born on 28 December 1998 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The youngster plays for Vidharba in domestic cricket and for the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL.
Yash grew up playing cricket since childhood and always wanted to become a cricketer as a kid. His father enrolled him in the Praveen Hinganikar Cricket Academy where he started playing cricket aged 13.
Yash showed a natural talent in bowling after his coach noticed that he had a very good grip and a fast bowling style. Following the discovery, Yash eventually understood the technical aspects of bowling and eventually started playing domestic cricket for Vidarbha.
LSG brought the young Vidarbha pacer on board for INR 45 Lakh and he has played 37 T20s, scalping 55 wickets. He can bowl comfortably in the 135-145 kmph.
Age and height
Yash Thakur is currently 24 years old and stands at a height of 175 cm or 5’9”.
Career highlights
Given below are some of Yash Thakur’s career highlights:
- List A debut for Vidarbha in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017
- First-class debut for Vidarbha in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 28 November 2018
- Twenty20 debut for Vidarbha in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 21 February 2019
- Took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket on 8 December 2021, on the opening day of the 2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy
- Bought by Lucknow Super Giants for 45 lakhs in the 2023 IPL players auction
- IPL debut on 3 April 2023 against Chennai Super Kings
Yash Thakur career stats and records
Given below are Yash Thakur’s career stats and records:
Most recent matches
Given below are his most recent matches stats:
| Match | R | BF | 4s | 6s | S/R | O | R | W | E/R |
| SRH vs LSG | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 23 | 1 | 7.67 |
| CSK vs LSG | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 36 | – | 9.00 |
| VID vs GUJ | 0 & 5 | 1 & 20 | 0 & 1 | 0 & 0 | 0.00 & 25.00 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 3.84 |
| MP vs VID | 0 & 6 | 0 & 12 | – | 0 & 1 | 0.00 & 50.00 | 24.2 & 14 | 59 & 43 | 4 & 1 | 2.42 & 3.07 |
Batting stats
Given below are his batting stats:
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | R | BF | NO | Avg | S/R | 100s | 50s | H | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
| T20s | 38 | 11 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 9.33 | 63.63 | – | – | 10 | 2 | 1 | 12 | – |
| LISTAs | 28 | 15 | 23 | 73 | 4 | 2.09 | 31.50 | – | – | 6 | – | 1 | 5 | – |
| FIRSTCLASS | 13 | 16 | 55 | 185 | 9 | 7.85 | 29.72 | – | – | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | – |
Bowling stats
Given below are his bowling stats:
| Game Type | Mat | Inn | O | R | W | Avg | E/R | Best | 5w | 10w |
| T20s | 38 | 38 | 122.3 | 828 | 55 | 15.05 | 6.75 | 4/5 | – | – |
| LISTAs | 28 | 28 | 211.1 | 1051 | 44 | 23.88 | 4.97 | 5/53 | 1 | – |
| FIRSTCLASS | 13 | 22 | 330.5 | 941 | 37 | 25.43 | 2.84 | 6/50 | 1 | – |
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