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Fast bowling sensation Mayank Yadav came up with his second consecutive match-winning spell on Tuesday and he is hoping that his stellar start to the IPL leads to an India cap. With back-to-back player of the match performances in his debut season, the 21-year-old has emerged as the find of season. However, IPL is only a means to an end for Mayank.
Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Mayank Yadav has become the talk of the town after producing brilliant performances against Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He impressed on his debut with three crucial wickets and against RCB, he was once again the top performer with the ball as he took the important wickets of Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar and Glenn Maxwell. Mayank's performances has put him in the conversation for a possible spot in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad but former Australian cricket team batter Matthew Hayden came up with a plan to tackle the youngster's rapid pace.
Mayank Yadav has impressed both experts as well as fans with his fiery pace and during Lucknow Super Giants' IPL 2024 match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, he claimed the distinction of bowling the fastest delivery of this year's competition at 156.7 kmph. However, the record came with a slight controversy as earlier in the day, Mumbai Indians fast bowler Gerald Coetzee grabbed headlines for allegedly bowling a 157.4 kmph delivery against Rajasthan Royals. While the news did do the rounds on social media, the official list shown by IPL during LSG's game did not feature Coetzee's record.
Talented fast bowlers are often told to trade-off pace for more variations but Mayank Yadav, at the very onset, received golden advice from his illustrious Delhi senior Ishant Sharma -- never compromise on speed to acquire other skills. Having already bowled this IPL season's fastest delivery (156.7 kmph) against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), India's newest pace sensation, during his conversation, with 'Jio Cinema' spoke about the tips he got from Ishant, a veteran of 100-plus Tests and another senior pacer Navdeep Saini.
Immensely impressed by Mayank Yadav's raw speed and accuracy, South Africa and Punjab Kings pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada sees the fast bowling sensation as a "potential pick" in India's squad for the T20 World Cup. The 21-year-old from Delhi has been pushing the speed barrier with every game and on Tuesday night, bowled a 156.7 kmph thunderbolt against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. It was his second straight man of the match performance in his debut season, leading Lucknow Super Giants to a convincing win.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Mayank Yadav has impressed everyone with his raw pace in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He clocked 156.7 kph during the game and bowled the fastest delivery in the ongoing edition and overall the fourth fastest in the history of the entire tournament. So far in two matches, Mayank has taken six wickets, helping LSG win back-to-back games after a defeat in their opening match. After just two games, several current and former cricketers have backed the 21-year-old to play for India in the coming months, including former England skipper Michael Vaughan.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Mayank Yadav bowled an absolute ripper to castle Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)'s Cameron Green in their IPL 2024 match on Tuesday, which the visitors won by 28 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The delivery, which was clocked at 156.7 kmph, went through Green's defence, with the RCB star beaten by Mayank's sheer pace. The incident happened on the fourth ball of the eighth over with RCB chasing 182 to win. Green's wicket left RCB reeling at 58/4. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who was on commentary duty, was in awe of the delivery.
After registering back-to-back two victories, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul had words of praise for Mayank Yadav, who rattled Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) with his scalding pace at Chinnaswamy on Tuesday, and joked that he rather enjoy 21-year-old's bowling from 20 yards behind the stumps rather than facing him with the bat in hand. On the back of top performances from Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran and Mayank, LSG clinched a thumping 28-run victory at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season.