"Pace is pace yaar" - Fans react as Mayank Yadav gets maiden call up for IND vs BAN T20I series
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pace sensation Mayank Yadav has received his maiden call for India for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh in October. The 22-year-old first made heads turn during his maiden Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) by cloaking 155 kmph consistently before sustaining an injury.
Mayank bowled the fastest delivery of IPL 2024, cloaking 156.7 kmph against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The youngster picked up seven wickets in four IPL matches at an economy rate of 6.98. Overall, the Delhi cricketer has played 14 T20 games, picking up 19 wickets. He has also scalped 34 wickets in 17 List-A games.
Fans on X expressed their delight as Mayank Yadav made his cut into the 16-member India squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh. One user wrote:
“Mayank Yadav has really got a great pace along with proper line.”
Another user wrote:
"Mayank Yadav is in the T20 team! A great guy deserves every bit of success."
A third user added:
"Exited for Mayank Yadav hope he stays fit Bumrah and him in T20 wc will be."
Here are a few more reactions:
"He's like the Rolls Royce of bowlers" - When Morne Morkel lauded Mayank Yadav, as per Jonty Rhodes
LSG fielding coach Jonty Rhodes recently revealed that current India bowling coach Morne Morkel labeled Mayank Yadav as 'Rolls Royce' during his stint with the Super Giants franchise. Rhodes told IANS (mid-day):
"I'm not a bowling coach, but Morne Morkel, during the previous season, when Mayank got injured at the start of the preparation, literally Morne said, 'Wow, this guy (Mayank Yadav), he's like the Rolls Royce of bowlers, similar to how we used to call Allan Donald a Rolls Royce. He is LSG's Rolls Royce."
"He had a whole season with the team and that's why the owners decided to keep him with the team, he did all his rehab throughout the IPL and stayed a part of the unit because we really believe that he is a young guy with extreme talent and we saw him in the games that he played and everybody was really monitoring him not wrapping him in cotton wool,” he added.
India’s squad for 3 T20Is against Bangladesh: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, JItesh Sharma (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav.