Mayank Yadav - The golden boy of IPL 2024

By Editorji News Desk
Published on | Apr 03, 2024

The Mayank Yadav show

Cricketing world has been rattled by LSG's 21-year-old Mayank Yadav's sheer pace combined with an accurate control over line and length

Purple Cap contender

His monstrous deliveries that confound batters have also claimed 6 victims in two games, making him 2nd on Purple Cap list behind CSK's Mustafizur

Two POTMs

His figures of 3/27 v PBKS; 3/14 v RCB earned him 2 Player of Match awards. Now, he is only one in IPL history to win POTMs in his first 2 games

Fastest deliveries

The speedster has only 8 overs to his credit but he already holds the record for most deliveries above 155 KPH in IPL history

Bettering his own records

Against Punjab, Yadav clocked 155.8 KPH, his fastest, till it wasn't. He bettered his own record vs RCB on April 02, with a seething 156.7 KPH ball

4th fastest IPL delivery

With his 156.7 KPH delivery, Yadav is now fourth on the list of fastest deliveries in IPL history

Former pacers in awe

Two of the best pacers in cricket history - Dale Steyn & Brett Lee have been heaping praises on the youngster, in awe of his raw talent

India cap in sights

For the 21-year-old, this is just the start and his goal is 'to play for the country', he revealed after winning POTM vs Bengaluru on April 02