Who is Mayank Yadav 21-year-old Mayank Yadav plays domestic cricket for Delhi. Even in the domestic circuit, this young bowler has wreaked havoc with his speed. LSG bought him for Rs 20 lakh.
The 11th match of IPL 2024 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings on Saturday evening. Batting first in this match, the host team LSG had put 199 runs on the board. The Punjab Kings team, which came to chase this score, had already scored 88 runs in 9 overs without losing any wicket. At that time it seemed that PBKS would easily chase this target. But then enters 21-year-old Mayank Yadav.
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Mayank Yadav's astounding pace was evident in the IPL 2024 season, as he dominated the list of fastest deliveries:
1. Mayank Yadav – 155.8kmph
2. Mayank Yadav – 153.9kmph
3. Mayank Yadav – 153.4kmph
4. Nandre Burger – 153kmph
5. Gerald Coetzee – 152.3kmph
6. Alzarri Joseph – 151.2kmph
7. Matheesa Pathirana – 150.9kmph
This young fast bowler, who was debuting in IPL, created a sensation with his speed in the very first over. He bowled the first ball of his career at a speed of 147.1kph, while on the third ball he also touched the mark of 150kph. Even though he did not get success in the first over, he attracted everyone's attention with his speed and told the world that he has a wealth of speed.
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After this, Mayank Yadav again wreaked havoc with his pace in the 12th over. This time he surprised even Shikhar Dhawan who was batting on 59 runs by bowling the first ball at a speed of 155.8. This was also the fastest ball of IPL 2024. In this over, Mayank crossed the 150kph mark a total of three times.
Mayank Yadav took three wickets for a total of 27 runs in his quota of 4 overs against Punjab Kings. His spell proved to be decisive for Lucknow Super Giants and the team won by 21 runs. Mayank Yadav was awarded the Player of the Match award in his debut match for his excellent performance. Mayank took three wickets in the form of Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran and Jitesh Sharma and all three players were beaten by his pace.
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21-year-old Mayank Yadav plays domestic cricket for Delhi. Even in the domestic circuit, this young bowler has wreaked havoc with his speed. He has played 10 T20 and 17 List A matches, taking a total of 46 wickets across all formats. Mayank Yadav was bought by Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2022 auction for a base price of only Rs 20 lakh. He was out of the tournament due to injury in IPL 2023. Now when he got a chance to debut in IPL 2024, he wreaked havoc with his speed in the very first match.
