Mayank Yadav: Lucknow Super Giants bowling coach Morne Morkel said on Saturday that youthful Mayank Yadav provided some real and frightening pace, which was encouraging for the team as it looks to go the distance in the Indian Premier League. The 21-year-old Mayank bowled at a blistering pace, with most of his deliveries clocking in at over 150 as he removed dangerous openers Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, and Jitesh Sharma at a time when it appeared Punjab Kings would cruise to victory. Chasing 200 for victory, PBKS’ innings failed despite Shikhar Dhawan (70) and Bairstow (42) putting up a century partnership owing to the right-arm pacer’s resolve to go all out.
Mayank Yadav stated he wasn’t nervous about playing his maiden IPL game and simply followed what his superiors taught him to do.
Mayank, in his first IPL game, posted miserly figures of 3/27 in four overs, breaking the back of the PBKS chase.
“Young Mayank bowled quite hard and took the wickets. It was difficult last year since he was injured after the first warm-up game. We’re handling him better. “He ran in, which was pleasing,” said Morkel, a former South African pace bowling standout.
Mayank, Player of the Match, confidently performed his first IPL game, despite the humidity, despite the unknown performance of the wicket, stating that he simply followed his seniors’ instructions.
Mayank Sharma, a rookie cricketer, admitted that nerves in debuts vanish after the first delivery. He attempted to avoid pressure by bowling at the stumps with as much velocity as possible. The captain instructed him to bowl gas, and injuries hampered the team’s performance.
“It was good to face him; his pace startled me. As an experienced gamer, I knew I would use it. But he figured it out and bowled yorkers to keep my score at a dot and a single. I was mindful and instructed my partners to use the shorter side.
“Jitesh was instructed to leave Mayank and take on the other bowlers, but they bowled well too and used the pressure against us,” Dhawan continued. “He bowled at Prabh’s body to get him out.”
