Who is Mayank Yadav?

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Player of the Match in 2 consecutive IPL matches, Will Mayank Yadav get a Blue Jersey?

If you just type in Google, “Who is fastest bowler in IPL 2024”, The first name that you will see is “Mayank Yadav.” He is playing for Lucknow Super Giants and his fast magic spell is showing magic on the ground.

Mayank Prabhu Yadav got in the limelight in the match 11th of IPL 2024 against Punjab Kings where he took 3 wickets and give 27 runs in 4 overs while maintaining the lowest economy of 6.75 in the overall match and won the “Player of the Match”. He became the overnight sensation for cricket fraternity. This was his debut match in the TATA IPL.

This is not just his one match but in the next he took his record in the next level. In the match 15th against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, he again took 3 wickets in 4 overs and give only 14 runs in 4 overs. He maintained the lowest economy of 3.50 in the overall match and again won “Player of the match”. So, it is clear he is not just a lucky one but a consistent one.

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Mayank Yadav’s Background

Mayank Prabhu Yadav is a fast bowler born in Bihar in 2002. His father Prabhu Yadav works in a local factory in Delhi. He is always a cricket freak and a player from the beginning. At the age of 14, he joined Sonnet Club, where the coaches Devendra Sharma and Tarak Sinha identifies his talent. He is gifted with speed and all they do is giving direction to his talent.

Mayank Yadav also said that “He love speed in general, be it a plane, bike, or a rocket, Speed excites me.” Before IPL he played for 2 list A games in 2022. He was noticed by Lucknow Super Giants’ associates who helped him to become a high speed bowler. He is right-arm fast bowler and also do batting as a right-handed batsman.

His Magic Spell in IPL

Mayank Yadav is bought by LSG for a price of INR 20 Lakhs. In the IPL 2024, he debuted in the 11th match against Punjab Kings where bowled with a speed of 155.8 km/h. He send Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, and Jitesh Sharma back to pavilion and broke their 200 run chase. In the 15th match, against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He sends players like Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, and Rajat Patidar back to the pavilion with an incredible economy of 3.50 which is lowest economy of the match. He also breaks his own record of speed by delivering the ball at 156.7 km/h and become the 4th fastest bowler in the history of IPL.

For both the matches he won “Player of the match” for taking important wickets for his team and single handedly turn the fate of the match.

But Life is not so happy and smooth for Mayank all the time.

Mayank Yadav’s Journey and Challenges

During his selection he faced an injury due to which he could not played his Delhi Under-19. Then he said “Sir, mai Delhi ka ladka hun aur yahi se khelna tha”. But this injury did not stop him and he was drafted in LSG in 2022 where he spent his early years absorbing coaches knowledge and strategies. In his first season not to play him as they were aware that he was not ready mentally and physically also less experience. The want to sharpen him to the finest to play like a champion. Finally, he showed his magic on the Ekana Sports City and played like a Star.

Career Stats and Performance

Well, the career stats of Mayank Yadav are pretty good and it keeps getting better and better with the time. Mayank debut in IPL 2024 against Punjab Kings.

IPL Stats

V/S Match	Wickets	Runs Given	Economy
LSG V/S PBKS	3	27	6.75
LSG V/S RCB	3	14	3.50

IPL stats of Mayank Yadav

Stats of T20 and List A

Mayank Yadav debuted in List A matches against Haryana on December 12, 2021 at Chandigarh. He debuted for T20 matches against Manipur on October 2022 at Jaipur.

Match	Wickets	Runs Given	Format	State
Delhi V/S Haryana	1	62	List A	Ahmedabad
Delhi V/S J&K	3	55	List A	Ahmedabad
Delhi V/S Karnataka	1	18	List A	Ahmedabad
Delhi V/S Mizoram	1	20	List A	Ahmedabad
Delhi V/S Bihar	0	18	List A	Ahmedabad
Delhi V/S Punjab	2	28	T20	Mohali
Delhi V/S Vidarbha	2	25	T20	Mullanpur
Delhi V/S Tripura	1	14	T20	Dehradun

Stats of Mayank Yadav in T20 and List A

Potential for International Cricket

It is true that the performance of Mayank Yadav in the IPL debut is class apart and there is no match for it. His speedy deliveries caught the attention of everyone and the 21 year old player became an overnight sensation and the talks have begin whether he should be select for T20 World Cup 2024 OR not.

It will be too soon to say whether, he will get a Blue Jersey. The major reason for this is, India lost many of their pacers because they lose their charm as soon as they were in the Indian Team. One of the prime example is Abey Kuruvilla who lost his spell as soon as he was selected in the team. Even Rohit Sharma slams Indian pacers after they lost 2 test matches against South Africa.

However, People are saying that this will not be the case with Mukesh Yadav as he was trained under professional coaches for years and this performance is the result of such rigorous training.

Ending Note, Will Mayank Yadav get a Blue Jersey?

Despite facing injuries in his early career his passion and commitment helped him to sail in his journey. His family supports him in his dream with encouragement and resources and now he is achieving great recognition for his performance. The IPL gave him an opportunity to showcase his talent to the world.

The future of Mayank Yadav is looking very promising. His performance in the IPL is looking very consistent and now the whole cricket fraternity is looking for some action from the speedometer Yadav. His consistency will be helpful for him to secure him a position for 2024 T20 World Cup.

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