Lucknow Super Giants bowling coach Moeen Morkel said on Saturday that young Mayank Yadav has achieved some serious and disturbing pace which is a pleasant addition to the team. A sight to behold as they aim to go far in the Indian Premier League. The 21-year-old Mayank bowled extremely fast and most of his deliveries went past 150 as he got rid of dangerous openers Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma when Kings XI Punjab looked set to be the runaway winners. Chasing a 200-run win, PBKS faltered in the innings despite a century partnership between Shikhar Dhawan (70) and Bairstow (42) thanks to the right-arm pacer’s willingness to give it his all.

Mayank, making his IPL debut, took a dismal figures of just 3/27 in four overs to break PBKS’ chase.

“Young Mayank bowled very hard and got wickets. It was tough last year because he got injured after the first warm-up match. We managed him better. He ran in , which is something to be happy about,” said Morkel, the former South Africa bowling star.

“We asked the guys to do the basics on a good wicket. Told him to stick to his length and use the bouncers. Despite the humidity, he ran in and bowled with pride. The wicket was Performance is still an unknown and we have to figure out the conditions to create and use them.”

Man-of-the-match Mayank said he was not nervous in his first IPL match, adding that he just did what his seniors told him.

“I’ve always heard from other people that there are nerves on debut but that nerves disappear after the first ball. The plan is not to take too much pressure, bowl the ball at the stumps and take advantage of the pace as much as possible .”

“Initially I thought about mixing up the pace, but the wicket helped and the captain told me to go for it. The debut wicket was my favourite. It was tough coming back from injuries last season and I The goal is to make his debut in the first game. “Young but the injury is a setback,” Mayank added.

Shikhar said Liam Livingstone’s injury did put a damper on PBKS’ work, although he admitted Mayank’s pace “outsmarted” his team.

“They (LSG) bowled well and Livi got injured and that affected us. He was supposed to come in at No. 4. Mayank bowled very well. He was smarter than us with his pace.

“It was great to face him and I was surprised by his pace. I knew as an experienced player I would use it. But he figured it out and bowled the yorker to keep me at one point and One single on. I was mindful and told my partner to use the short side.

“He bowled to Purab’s body and got him out. Telling Jitesh to leave Mayank and go against the other bowlers but they bowled well too and then used the pressure against us,” Datuk said. Wan said.

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