Born on October 18, 1991, Jaydev Dipakbhai Unadkat in Porbandar, Gujarat, is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and has also played the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Unadkat attended St Mary’s School, Porbandar as well as completed School in 2009.
On the second day of his playing against the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL he took three wickets and did some impressive fielding. His performance on this day brought him the man of the match trophy.
He has played 3 matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Unadkat’s consistent performance has helped him enter the Indian team. He was recently selected for the test against Australia.He is an aggressive bowler as well as a fielder. When he plays for KKR he is coached by Pakistani legend Wasim Akram who has described him as an exciting prospect for the future.
He debuted for India against South Africa on December 16, 2010 for the 1st Test at Centurion. He was brought in place of Zaheer Khan who sat out because of injury. He took no wickets during this series.
From 2011 to present, he has failed to deliver any impressive performance, rendering him irregular in domestic matches.
After his stint with Kolkata Knight Riders, he was picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Player Auction for IPL-6 as the costliest buy for $ 575,000. During IPL 6, his impressive string of performances earned him great praise from RCB coach Ray Jennings, who said that Unadkat would make a big comeback into the Indian Team.
On May 10, 2013 he achieved best career bowling figures of 5 for 25 in four overs in IPL playing against Delhi Daredevils. He was named Man of the Match for that Performance.
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Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. Name three Rajasthan Royals cricketers who have been charged for spot-fixing?
2. For which team Siddharth Kaul plays in Indian Premier League Season-6?
3. How many runs Parvez Rasool scored in his second IPL outing?
4. Who has been elected president of J&K Wrestling Association?
5. Who is Unmukt Chand?
Answers of the last week:
1. 99 runs 2. KKR 3. Jacques Kallis 4. General secretary J&K Wrestling Association 5. Royal Challengers Doda.
The best entry of this week was received from Tushar Mahajan, H No 55, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from from Sanjay Dhar from Lane No 1, H No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Jammu, Sumesh Sharma from Bakshi Nagar, Jammu, Mohammad Irfan, Ramzanpura Janipur, Akshay Koul from Jammu and Rakesh Kumar from Krishna Nagar, Jewel, Jammu.
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