Lucknow Super Giants pacer Mayank Yadav stormed into the limelight whereas making his debut in the Indian Premier League. The LSG pacer rocketed a ball at 156 Kmph in the course of the second innings of LSG’s conflict in opposition to Punjab Kings on the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.Â
Mayank’s 156 Kmph supply is the fastest ball of IPL 2024 as he broke the document held by Nandre Burger. The teenager claimed his maiden wicket in the type of Jonny Bairstow and ended the huge 102-run stand for the opening wicket. He went on to assert two extra wickets and was an important cog in his workforce’s comeback into the match. He eliminated Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma to push PBKS on the again foot. His 156 Kmph ball was the primary ball of the twelfth over to Shikhar Dhawan.
Who is Mayank Yadav?
Mayank Yadav is a 21-year-old Delhi pacer. He was picked by LSG for his base value of Rs 20 lakh in the 2022 mega public sale. He didn’t play in the earlier two seasons. Mayank was dominated out in the center of IPL 2023 after he picked up an damage and Arpit Guleria changed him.
Mayank has performed one first-class recreation, 17 List-A matches and 10 T20 video games to date in his quick profession. He has been spectacular in his early profession. Mayank was the joint second-highest wicket-taker in the Deodhar Trophy for North Zone.
In List A cricket, he has picked 34 wickets, 12 in T20s and 2 in first-class cricket forward of his IPL debut.
Notably, the LSG head coach Justin Langer additionally stated that they’re backing Mayank and Shamar Joseph’s tempo in the absence of Mark Wood. “We also have Shamar Joseph, we have Mayank who bowls with very good pace. Hopefully we can replace, not [Wood’s] experience, but his pace with Shamar Joseph and Mayank. He’ll be missed – of course he’ll be missed, he’s a world-class bowler – but this is the world we live in and we will adapt and we will be OK,” Langer stated in the course of the construct as much as the season,” Langer had stated forward of IPL 2024.
