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Sports: Tejaswi 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. In fact, 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 the opportunity to play.
Cricket career of Tejashwi Yadav
Tejashwi Yadav studied at 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. Yadav played 4 T20 matches in his professional cricket career, but he got a chance to bat in only one innings, in which he was able to score 3 runs. Apart from this, he also played 2 matches and one first-class match in his List-A career. He also took one wicket in all the 7 matches played in his career.
Story of IPL contract
Tejaswi, son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, one of the great politicians of India, was included in the IPL 2008 squad of Delhi Daredevils for Rs 8 lakh. 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.
Virat Kohli played under the captaincy of Tejaswi
Tejashwi says that he had to say goodbye to cricket due to injuries in both legs. Recently, Tejashwi Yadav, who was the former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, has told that at one time Virat Kohli also used to play under his captaincy. This is about 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 Tejashwi's captaincy.
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