IPL 2026: Who is Sarthak Yadav? Special connection with Pappu Yadav, now he will create havoc for KKR

Who Is Sarthak Yadav: ipl 2026 auction Happened in Abu Dhabi on 16 December. While a lot of money was showered on some players, many players were disappointed. Many big players remained unsold this time. This time, the franchises expressed a lot of confidence in the uncapped players in the auction. CSK spent more than Rs 28 crore to buy two uncapped players. On the other hand, another uncapped player is now being discussed, who this time in Delhi Premier League 2025, had defeated the bowlers with his bat. Yes, we are talking about the dashing young batsman Sarthak Yadav.

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Kolkata Knight Riders included this uncapped player in their team in IPL 2026 by purchasing him at the base price. Now everyone wants to know who is this Sarthak Yadav and what is his connection with Bihar leader Pappu Yadav?

Who is Sarthak Yadav?

Although Sarthak Yadav comes from a political family, he plants the flag on the cricket pitch. Sarthak Yadav, who has proved his batting prowess in domestic cricket, is the son of Pappu Yadav, MP from Purnia, Bihar. This time Sarthak had also given his name for the IPL 2026 auction, for which he has also got the reward.

Kolkata Knight Riders included Sarthak Yadav in their team by buying him for his base price of Rs 30 lakh. Now for the first time, Sarthak Yadav will be seen playing in a big tournament like IPL. Sarthak also pays a lot of attention to his fitness. Due to his amazing fitness, he hits sixes from the bowlers on the pitch.

There was a stir in Delhi Premier League 2025

This time, Sarthak Yadav had attracted the attention of IPL franchises by his amazing performance in Delhi Premier League 2025. In the Delhi Premier League, Sarthak scored 449 runs in 9 matches while batting for North Delhi Strikers. In which his strike rate was 146.73.

During this period, Sarthak also scored 4 half-centuries and 1 century. Sarthak was the second highest run scorer in the Delhi Premier League. Now KKR will expect similar great performance from him in IPL 2026 also.