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.

Jafer Chohan

Chohan in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Jafer Ali Chohan
Born	(2002-07-11) 11 July 2002 (age 23) London
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2023–	Yorkshire (squad no. 5)
2024/25	Sydney Sixers
T20 debut	20 May 2023 Yorkshire v Birmingham Bears
Career statistics
Competition Twenty20 Matches 41 Runs scored 99 Batting average 8.25 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 37 Balls bowled 752 Wickets 38 Bowling average 27.71 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/14 Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 July 2025

Early life

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

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

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

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