With a scorching three-wicket performance against RCB, the tearaway wins man of the match for the second time in a row.
In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants, held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, Mayank Yadav of the Lucknow Super Giants celebrates after taking out Cameron Green of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Synopsis: Thanks to India’s newest 150-click phenomenon, Lucknow seals the evening, propelled to 181 by Quinton De Kock and Nicholas Pooran.
Child of wind
It was none other than Ian Bishop, a renowned pace-bowling maestro in his own right, who gave the label to India’s newest 150-click phenomenon. Even though he has only appeared in two games, Mayank Yadav is a serious candidate to win the season’s household name award. Added just for good measure.
The 21-year-old bowled on a two-paced wicket on Tuesday and adhered to a single strategy. Wind them up with pace was a lesson he had learned early in life. It was all the more remarkable that he was able to exploit it to perfection against two Australians, first-team starters no less, in his match-winning 3/14.
Glenn Maxwell was caught by him with a short ball that had a speed of 151 kmph. He would revert to a comparable delivery in order to eliminate Rajat Patidar and virtually guarantee a victory for Lucknow. But the highlight of the evening was the corker he smashed into Cameron Green. Pitched outside on length, it barely straightened up before clipping the off stump and, get this, ran down the entire length of the boundary rope in the process. Yes, child of the wind.
