Overview

• He is at Wimbledon recovering from a sports hernia operation in Munich, his third surgery in three years, accompanied by his wife Devisha Shetty.
• Yadav has expressed a desire to replicate the tennis ‘tweener’ shot on the cricket field to expand his inventive batting repertoire.
• He named MS Dhoni as his ideal tennis doubles partner, highlighting Dhoni’s speed, endurance and mental toughness.
• The India captain cited Novak Djokovic as his all-time favorite and praised the impact of Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Carlos Alcaraz on his sporting mindset.
• Emphasizing mental resilience and endurance, Yadav is drawing parallels between the demands of elite tennis and cricket as he eyes his comeback on India’s Australia white-ball tour.