Jafer Chohan
# Jafer Chohan

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. In 2021 he started a degree in International Relations at Loughborough University.

## 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. 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.

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.

In July 2023, he was drafted into The Hundred by the Southern Brave.

In July 2023, it was announced he had signed a new two-year contract with Yorkshire.

