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Jafer Chohan

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Jafer Chohan
BERJAYA
Chohan in 2023
Personal information
Full name
Jafer Ali Chohan
Born (2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 23)
London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2023–Yorkshire (squad no. 5)
2024/25–2025/26Sydney Sixers
2025London Spirit
List A debut22 July 2025
PCC XI v Pakistan Shaheens
T20 debut20 May 2023 Yorkshire v Birmingham Bears
Career statistics
Competition LA T20
Matches 2 52
Runs scored 0 113
Batting average 0.00 8.69
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 37
Balls bowled 51 951
Wickets 4 50
Bowling average 17.25 26.70
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/43 5/14
Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 June 2026

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

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He was born into a British Pakistani family and developed his leg-spin bowling style by emulating former Pakistan international Shahid Afridi.[1] He was also 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.[2] In 2021 he started a degree in International Relations at Loughborough University.[3][4]

Domestic career

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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.[5][6][7] 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.[8]

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.[9] In July 2023, he was drafted into The Hundred by the Southern Brave.[10] In the same month, it was announced he had signed a new two-year contract with Yorkshire.[11]

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

International career

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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.[16][17][18]

Personal life

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He is a Muslim and wears a chain necklace during matches, fitted with religious gemstones.[19]

References

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  1. ↑ "Jafer Chohan". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 1 June 2025. Chohan, who has Pakistani heritage and is a hard-hitting lower order batter, says he has modelled his style of leg-spin bowling on Shahid Afridi and is not dissimilar to Anil Kumble in the way he bowls.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Yorkshire Sign Jafer Chohan on a Rookie Contract". yorkshireccc.com. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ "Chohan - The Modern Leggie Aiming to Shine in All Formats". yorkshireccc.com. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "Jafer Chohan, 20-year-old legspinner, signs rookie contract at Yorkshire". espncricinfo.com. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Williams, Harry (7 January 2023). "Yorkshire announce signing of young leg-spinner Jafer Chohan". The Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 12 March 2023.[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "DEBUTANT CHOHAN SHINES AS VIKINGS WIN ONE AND LOSE ONE IN CT". yorkshireccc.com. 12 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Atkinson, Nathan (20 May 2023). "Yorkshire name top Blast batting line up to face Birmingham". Thetelegraphandargus.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  10. ↑ Roller, Matt (4 July 2023). "Maxwell, Marsh pulled out of the Hundred by Cricket Australia". espncricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Hercock, Richard (11 July 2023). "Eight Yorkshire CCC players sign new deals". Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  12. ↑ McGlashan, Andrew (2 September 2024). "Draft takeaways: Adelaide Strikers' Mandhana bargain; and who is Jafer Chohan?". Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Jafer Chohan signs new three-year deal with Yorkshire". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Yorkshire hand Jafer Chohan new long-term deal at Headingley". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  15. ↑ Lavalette, Tristan (15 January 2025). "Steven Smith fifty sets up Sydney Sixers' nervy win over Adelaide Strikers". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  16. ↑ "Chohan picked for Windies tour as Buttler returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "Yorkshire CCC rising star Jafer Chohan pinching himself after England call-up". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  18. ↑ "Chohan among six newcomers in England Lions squad". BBC Sport. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  19. ↑ 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.
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