Two years after being signed by Lucknow Supergiants at auction, Mayank Yadav made his Indian Premier League debut with a match-winning wicket in Saturday’s win over Kings XI Punjab. Mayank ripped through Punjab’s batting unit and took three important wickets. With Mayank making waves for the Supergiants in his maiden IPL game, his IPL salary has also become a trending topic on social media. Looking at his performance, it’s fair to say that Mayank’s earnings don’t actually match what he’s offered.

The young pacer was signed in the IPL 2022 auction for a paltry fee of INR 20 lakh. He didn’t even play in a game that season and was ruled out for 2023 due to injury. The young pacer from Delhi is expected to get a lucrative contract in the 2025 IPL auction.

In terms of competition, in response to LSG’s 199 points, PBKS openers Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Naistow started the chase in a positive and aggressive manner. The two batsmen put on a 50-run partnership in 5.1 overs, with Dhawan getting a boundary off the bowling of left-arm seamer Mohsin Khan.

Dhawan completed his fifty by blasting a six off the bowling of right-arm leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi on the fourth ball of the eighth over.

Both openers completed their 100-run partnership with Dhawan pushing for a double on the second ball of the 11th ball bowled by Bishnoi.

Mayank took the first wicket of his IPL career by removing Bairstow on the fourth ball of the 12th over. The right-handed batsman scored 42 runs off just 29 balls, hitting three fours and three sixes each in the innings before being sent back to the pitch. He formed an outstanding partnership of 102 runs with Dhawan.

In the same match where he dismissed Bairstow, the 21-year-old speedster bowled a sizzling delivery to the PBKS skipper at a speed of 155.08 kmph.

Soon after the first wicket, the momentum shifted towards LSG’s side. The young Indian bowler caught three wickets from Prabhsimran Singh and wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma in the 14th and 16th overs respectively. pillar gate.

The young right-arm pacer finished his first IPL match with figures of 4-0-27-3.

With ANI input