Jhye Richardson

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Jhye Richardson is an Australian cricketer, who plays as a fast bowler for the Australia national cricket team and also active in domestic and franchise cricket with teams like Western Australia, Perth Scorchers, and Punjab Kings.He was often discouraged by his coaches to become a pace bowler, as he would not fit the traditional body frame of orthodox Australian pace bowlers, who naturally tend to be taller and weightier for the role.In 2015-16, Jhye Richardson made a first-class debut for Western Australia at the age of 19. In the same year, he had a great Big Bash League season, in which he collected 11 wickets and produced a Player of the match performance in the final against Sydney Sixers, helping Perth Scorchers clinch the title.This helped him to get a national call-up for the T20I series at home against Sri Lanka and at that time he had played only one first-class cricket game at the domestic level. Jhye Richardson in T20 match against Sri Lanka.In 2018, he put on an impressive performance in the first innings against New South Wales, where he took 8 wickets and gave 47 runs at Optus Stadium.In 2019, Jhye Richardson was part of the Australian squad that defeated the Indian team after being down by a 0-2 deficit and eventually winning the series by 3-2 in India. He defined it as an everlasting experience of his career as he told:- That doesnt happen very often and to be a part of the team to do that was really special. Ive been to India a few times and I dont think Ive ever heard a cricket stadium so silent after the last ball was bowled..In February 2019, he made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Gabba, where he picked up five wickets against them.Jhye Richardson was kept out of the 2019 World Cup and Ashes squad due to a shoulder injury sustained in an ODI against Pakistan. Jhye Richardson shoulder injury against Pakistan.Jhye Richardson became the second most expensive bowler in IPL history after getting bought for a staggering amount of Rs 14 crore by Punjab Kings in the 2021 IPL auction in Chennai. Jhye Richardson with Punjab Kings.Jhye Richardson has picked up 72 wickets at an average of 22.85 and a strike rate of 17.4 in 62 T20 matches. He is also decent lower-order batsmen.