Mayank Yadav stole the limelight with his tempo on his Indian Premier League debut at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Lucknow Super Giants’ new tempo bowler clocked 155.8 kph to register the quickest supply of the IPL 2024 season within the recreation towards Punjab Kings.
The 21-year-old Delhi-born pacer has already made his identify in home cricket with spectacular tempo and management and displayed his potential on the largest stage in his first IPL match. He clocked 150 kph in his first over after which shocked everybody by reaching 155.8 kph on the primary supply of his second over to Shikhar Dhawan, the quickest ball of the 2024 season.
Mayank additional made an affect by giving Lucknow Super Giants a breakthrough with Jonny Bairstow‘s big wicket. He additionally scalped wickets of Jitesh Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh to get LSG again within the recreation who have been defending 199 runs towards PBKS.
Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants’ different debutant Manimaran Siddarth, the 25-year-old left-arm orthodox spinner, bowled the primary over of the match and rounded off his first recreation with 0/21 figures in two overs.
Mohsin Khan additionally made an affect with two back-to-back wickets of Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Curran within the seventeenth over to place LSG within the driving seat all through the loss of life overs play at Ekana Cricket Stadium. Punjab Kings struggled to seek out momentum within the closing stage and fell 21 runs in need of the goal.
Mayank was awarded the Player of the Match trophy for his 3/27 figures and turning the sport for Lucknow.
I’ve all the time heard from others there’s nervousness in debuts however that goes away after the primary ball,” Mayank said in the post-match presentation. “”Plan was to not be under too much pressure and to bowl at the stumps and use the pace as much as possible. There was the thought to mix up the pace initially but the wicket helped and the skipper told me to bowl gas. The debut wicket was the favourite. Coming off the injury last season was tough, I’d set my goal to debut at a young age but injuries were a setback.”