India all-rounder Jayant Yadav inks three match deal with Warwickshire

English County side Warwickshire on Friday announced that they have signed Indias offspin allrounder Jayant Yadav for the final three matches of the ongoing County Championship seasonYadav 32 will join up with his India teammate pacer Mohammed Siraj at Edgbaston next week ahead of Warwickshires home match against Somerset which starts on September 12He becomes the eighth Indian player to sign up for the English domestic cricket season in 2022 after Siraj Warwickshire County matches Cheteshwar Pujara Sussex Washington Sundar Lancashire Krunal Pandya 50over matches for Warwickshire Umesh Yadav Middlesex Navdeep Saini Kent and Shubman Gill Glamorgan County matchesThis will be my first County Championship experience and Im incredibly excited to join up with the squad for the final three games When I was asked if I would like to join Warwickshire it was something I couldnt say no toHaving played my sixth Test earlier this year I believe these three games will help me improve my game for more opportunities in the near future I have never played at Edgbaston but I have heard great things about the stadium and it will be a privilege to call it my homeI would like to extend my gratitude to both Warwickshire County Cricket Club and BCCI for helping to make this happen and I look forward to arriving next week said Yadav on his signing with WarwickshireAlso Read To win the World Cup our batting needs to revolve around SKY Gavaskar JrIn 64 firstclass matches to date Yadav has taken 173 wickets and scored 2194 runs In six Test matches for India Yadav has taken 16 wickets averaging 2906 apart from making 248 runs at an average of 31He became the first Indian batter to score a Test century batting at number nine during his eighthwicket partnership of 241 with Virat Kohli against England in Mumbai in 2016 which is still an Indian record and the seventh highest of all timeJayant is another fantastic addition to the squad and were excited to welcome him to Warwickshire Jayant has played Test cricket this year and adding his FirstClass experience to our bowling attack could be vital in the final three gamesIt was vitally important that we strengthened our bowling lineup for the runin and the signing of Jayant plus Siraj gives us an enviable array of options said Paul Farbrace Director of Cricket at WarwickshireYadav last played a Test match against Sri Lanka at Mohali in March this year while his recent ODI appearance came against South Africa at Cape Town in JanuaryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever