Prince Yadav (born ) is an Indian International cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team in Limited overs cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman. He represents Delhi in domestic cricket and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.
Career
Yadav made his first-class debut for Delhi against Jammu & Kashmir in the 2023–24 Ranji Trophy on 12 January 2024.
In the 2024 season of the Delhi Premier League T20, he played for Purani Delhi 6 which was being led by Rishabh Pant. He ended his season with 13 wickets in 10 matches. Following this performance, he earned his white-ball call-up for Delhi, for whom he had already represented in the Ranji Trophy.
He made his T20 debut for Delhi against Uttar Pradesh on 23 November 2024 in the 2024–25 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The match was a day before the 2025 IPL Mega Auction. He picked up two crucial wickets in the match to seal the win for Delhi. On the next day, he was picked up by Lucknow Super Giants in the 2025 IPL Mega Auction for a price of ₹30 Lakhs.
He went on to take a total of 11 wickets in his debut SMAT season with an economy rate of 7.54. He was Delhi's highest wicket taker of the tournament and helped them to reach the semi-final.
He later made his List A debut for Delhi against Bengal on 21 December 2024 in the 2024–25 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He finished his VHT season with 11 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 22.00.
He made his Indian Premier League debut against Delhi Capitals on the 4th match of the tournament on 24 March 2025. He was later retained by LSG for the 2026 IPL season.
He received his maiden national team call-up in May 2026 for the ODI series against Afghanistan. He made his ODI debut during the 2nd match of the series on 17 June 2026, where he picked up two wickets. During the same month, he was picked up for the two match T20I away series against Ireland. He made his T20I debut on the 2nd match on 28 June 2026 and took three wickets. He smashed a six on his very first ball of the format, which made him only the third Indian after Suryakumar Yadav and Ramandeep Singh to hit a six on the first ball of their T20I career.
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