Express Bowler Yadav Helps Lucknow Beat Punjab In His IPL Debut

LUCKNOW, India: Express bowler Mayank Yadav impressed in his Indian Premier League debut by compromising Punjab Kings for Lucknow Super Giants to win by 21 runs on Saturday.

Yadav took three wickets in three overs so Punjab couldn’t capitalize on a century opening partnership and was restricted to 178-5. Lucknow put up 199-8.

Quinton de Kock’s 54 off 38 balls together with Nicholas Pooran’s 42 and Krunal Pandya’s unbeaten 43 had been the spine of Lucknow’s complete.

Yadav didn’t play for Lucknow when he was picked by the franchise in 2022 and was dominated out of the final 12 months’s league due to a torn hamstring. On Saturday, the 21-year-old Delhi quick bowler troubled batters together with his constantly searing tempo and clocked 155.8 kph.

In a gap stand of 102 off 70 balls, captain Shikhar Dhawan (72) and Jonny Bairstow (42) gave Punjab a brisk begin earlier than Yadav derailed the chase and put the asking run charge past them.

He hurried out Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma within the span of 13 balls.

Medium-pacer Mohsin Khan then dismissed Dhawan and Sam Curran off edges in consecutive balls within the seventeenth over to finish all hope for Punjab.

Earlier, De Kock gave Lucknow blastoff and power-hitters Pooran and Pandya upped the ante within the second half of the innings.

Curran picked up 3-28, however Pooran and Pandya charged in opposition to Rahul Chahar (1-42) and Harshal Patel (0-45) to plunder 74 runs within the final seven overs. Pooran smashed three sixes and three fours in his 21-ball knock whereas Pandya remained unbeaten after hanging two sixes and 4 boundaries.

Lucknow earned its first win in two matches, and Punjab suffered a second loss in three video games.

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