Tejaswi Yadav Cricket: Tejashwi Yadav is one of the well-known leaders of Bihar. He has been the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and has also handled the charge of many ministries in the state. But he also has a long association with cricket. Actually, before coming into politics, he used to play cricket and has also been a state level player. He even got an IPL contract, but it is a different matter that he never got a chance to play.
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Tejashwi Yadav has studied from Delhi Public School located in RK Puram, Delhi. His cricket career also started from school days and at the age of 13, he was selected in Delhi's Under-15 team. Talking about the cricketing career of 34-year-old Tejaswi Yadav, he played 1 first class match, two List A and four T20 matches. He made his debut for Jharkhand in 2009. He has 20 runs in first class cricket and 14 runs in List A. Tejaswi scored 3 runs in one T20 innings. Talking about bowling, he got one success. He has also been a part of Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) in IPL.
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Tejaswi Yadav, son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, one of the great politicians of India, was included in the Delhi Daredevils squad for Rs 8 lakh in IPL 2008. He was a part of the Delhi team for four seasons, but did not get a chance to play. In 2011, his salary for one season was increased from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. But he never got a place in the playing 11.
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When did Virat Kohli play under Tejashwi Yadav's captaincy?: Virat Kohli used to play domestic cricket for Delhi. Tejashwi has also played his age group cricket for Delhi. At the same time, Virat Kohli played under his captaincy. This is the time when Tejashwi also played for Delhi's Under-15 and then Under-17 team. In those days, Virat Kohli used to play under the captaincy of Tejashwi. After retiring from cricket in 2013, Tejashwi entered politics. While playing cricket, he started campaigning for his party RJD in 2010. In 2015, he won the election and also got the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
Tejashwi Yadav said that many players of the Indian team have played with him. In an interview with Zee Media, he said, 'I was a cricketer and no one talks about this. Virat Kohli played under my captaincy - did anyone ever talk about this? Why don't they? As a professional, I played good cricket. Many players of Team India are my batchmates. I had to leave because both my ligaments were fractured.'
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