Umesh Yadav opens innings for the 1st time in cricketing career

He faced two balls and scored 4 runs, which came off a boundary, at a strike rate of 200.

Was promoted up the order following his previous performance against Mumbai on Monday where he scored 26 off 12 deliveries including 2 sixes and 3 fours.

Umesh has a decent batting experience in the domestic T20s.

He has 165 runs from 40 innings with a highest score 26 which he scored against Mumbai on Monday

India speedster Umesh Yadav is not so known for his batting skills, especially in the shortest format.

He came to bat with partner Atharva Taide, however, he couldn’t contribute much.

Out of 7 T20Is he played for India, he batted just once, that too, at No 10 (against Australia on February 24, 2019) and scored just 2 runs.

But on Tuesday, the Indian speedster was given a chance to open the innings for his domestic team Vidarbha against Karnataka at the Group B Super League of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy in Indore.

This was the 1st time Umesh ever batted in the Top 5 in his professional career.