IPL 2022: Was very nervous but didn't let it get the better of me, says Gujarat Titans' Yash Dayal

Gujarat Titans' (GT) 24-year-old left-arm pace bowler Yash Dayal has said that nervousness of playing his first Indian Premier League (IPL) game could have gotten the better of him on Thursday, but he was happy that he could complete the task assigned to him to the satisfaction of his skipper Hardik Pandya. Dayal emerged as the new bowling sensation in the IPL, taking 3/40 in his four overs as Rajasthan Royals (RR) were restricted to 155/9, falling short in the chase by 37 runs. The Titans had earlier made 192/4, thanks mainly to skipper Pandya's unbeaten 52-ball 87 and Abhinav Manohar's 28-ball 43. It was Gujarat's fourth win of the IPL 2022 season and they climbed to the top of the points table with eight points.

"It's a big thing for me for the kind of background I come from. It was a proud moment for me and my family. I was a bit nervous but I controlled it. I liked the whole experience," Dayal said in a video posted on the IPL website. Dayal said that he was extremely nervous when he came in to bowl to Devdutt Padikkal, adding that he did not allow it to "compromise my bowling" at any stage of his debut IPL match.

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"I was very nervous, but still I did not compromise with my bowling. I knew I had to keep my line and length and it worked for me. Hardik backed me to the hilt. He had left it to me to do my bowling... where I wanted to