Lucknow Super Giants unleashed a gun speedster within the type of Mayank Yadav within the eleventh match of the seventeenth version of the IPL (Indian Premier League), who terrorised the Punjab Kings batters and completed with figures of three/27 to assist LSG win their first sport of the season.
Mayank instantly caught everybody’s consideration when he bowled a 155.8 kmph supply to Shikhar Dhawan on the primary ball of the twelfth over. The 21-year-old pacer not solely impressed along with his tempo but in addition turned out to be extraordinarily efficient as a wicket-taking possibility for LSG.
The tall seamer offered the primary breakthrough of the sport to LSG when he broke the century partnership between Jonny Bairstow and Dhawan on the fourth ball of the twelfth over. Mayank removed Bairstow (42 runs off 29 balls) earlier than accounting for the dangerous-looking Prabhsimran Singh (19 off 7 balls) and the wicketkeeper-batter of PBKS, Jitesh Sharma.
Mayank conceded simply 27 runs in his 4 overs at 6.80 runs per over and was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) in LSG’s 21-run win.
Notably, Mayank was purchased by LSG on the mega public sale of 2022 at his base value of INR 20 lakhs. However, the staff mixture and unexpected accidents delayed his debut.Â
When he obtained his alternative on Saturday, the right-arm pacer made probably the most out of it and had a debut to recollect.
“I didn’t really think it (my debut) would go that well. I have heard from the others that there can be nervousness on debut. But after the first ball, all my nervousness went away,” Mayank stated throughout the post-match presentation. “Everyone said to not take too much pressure, just bowl on the stumps, and use the pace. That’s what I did.”
LSG’s subsequent fixture shall be towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 2.
