Jafer Chohan

Jafer Chohan

Chohan in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Jafer Ali Chohan
Born	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 22) London
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2023–2024	Yorkshire (squad no. 5)
T20 debut	20 May 2023 Yorkshire v Birmingham Bears
Career statistics
Competition Twenty20 Matches 23 Runs scored 74 Batting average 12.33 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 37 Balls bowled 389 Wickets 22 Bowling average 23.18 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/14 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 August 2024

Jafer Ali Chohan (born 11 July 2002) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.

Early life

He was inspired to bowl leg-spin by seeing Shane Warne play for Rajasthan Royals at Lord's in 2009. He received a cricket scholarship to attend Harrow School. He played in the age groups at Middlesex County Cricket Club from nine years-old to the Academy.[1] In 2021 he started a degree in International Relations at Loughborough University.[2][3]

Domestic career

He played for Berkshire County Cricket Club as they won the National Counties 50-over competition in 2022. Impressing at Berkshire he was recommended to the South Asian Cricket Academy, where performances against county 2nd XIs and as a net bowler for the England Test squad ahead of their 2022-2023 tour of Pakistan earned Chohan a trial with Yorkshire CCC where he was offered a rookie contract in January 2023.[4][5][6] Bowling at the England test team he dismissed both Joe Root and Ben Duckett, with Root recommending him a trial at Yorkshire. Chohan impressed in Cape Town on Yorkshire’s pre-season tour of South Africa in March 2023.[7]

In May 2023, Chohan was named in the Yorkshire side for their opening T20 Blast match of the 2023 season, against Birmingham Bears at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.[8] In July 2023, he was drafted into The Hundred by the Southern Brave.[9] In the same month, it was announced he had signed a new two-year contract with Yorkshire.[10]

In September 2024, he was drafted by the Sydney Sixers for the 2024–25 BBL.[11] Chohan signed a new three-year contract with Yorkshire on 1 October 2024,[12][13] He made his Big Bash League debut on 15 January 2025 against Adelaide Strikers.[14]

International career

In October 2024, he was named in the England Lions squad for their tour of South Africa and received his first call-up to the senior England squad for their white-ball tour of the West Indies later that month.[15][16][17]

Personal life

He is a Muslim and wears a chain necklace during matches, fitted with religious gemstones.[18]

References

1. Dobbel, George (4 January 2023). "How a 90-minute net with Joe Root led to Jafer Chohan's big break at Yorkshire". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
2. "Yorkshire Sign Jafer Chohan on a Rookie Contract". yorkshireccc.com. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
3. "Chohan - The Modern Leggie Aiming to Shine in All Formats". yorkshireccc.com. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
4. "Jafer Chohan, 20-year-old legspinner, signs rookie contract at Yorkshire". espncricinfo.com. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
5. Williams, Harry (7 January 2023). "Yorkshire announce signing of young leg-spinner Jafer Chohan". The Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
6. Waters, Chris (5 January 2023). "Yorkshire hope Jafer will prove to be a jaffa as they recruit rookie leggie for 2023". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
7. "DEBUTANT CHOHAN SHINES AS VIKINGS WIN ONE AND LOSE ONE IN CT". yorkshireccc.com. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
8. Atkinson, Nathan (20 May 2023). "Yorkshire name top Blast batting line up to face Birmingham". Thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
9. Roller, Matt (4 July 2023). "Maxwell, Marsh pulled out of the Hundred by Cricket Australia". espncricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
10. Hercock, Richard (11 July 2023). "Eight Yorkshire CCC players sign new deals". Retrieved 12 July 2023.
11. McGlashan, Andrew (2 September 2024). "Draft takeaways: Adelaide Strikers' Mandhana bargain; and who is Jafer Chohan?". Retrieved 26 September 2024.
12. "Jafer Chohan signs new three-year deal with Yorkshire". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
13. "Yorkshire hand Jafer Chohan new long-term deal at Headingley". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
14. Lavalette, Tristan (15 January 2025). "Steven Smith fifty sets up Sydney Sixers' nervy win over Adelaide Strikers". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
15. "Chohan picked for Windies tour as Buttler returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
16. "Yorkshire CCC rising star Jafer Chohan pinching himself after England call-up". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
17. "Chohan among six newcomers in England Lions squad". BBC Sport. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
18. Savage, Nic (12 December 2024). "'Who is this?' Wild 36-month rise from uni third XI to BBL mystery man even experts didn't know". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2024.