Mayank Yadav announced his presence in IPL 2024 with a brilliant display of pace bowling, with the youngster bowling the fastest ball in the tournament this year. The debutant looked in fine form against Kings XI Punjab on Saturday and his 155.8 kmph pace left Shikhar Dhawan in trouble. Mayank ended up taking three crucial wickets as Lucknow Super Giants registered their first win of IPL 2024. Although the young fast bowler broke the record this year, his delivery was not enough to make him the fastest bowler ever in the IPL. The score of 155.8 is the sixth-fastest score in IPL history, with Australia’s Shaun Tait topping the list.

Talking about Indian pacers, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Umran Malik stands out in the 2022 season with a speed of 157 kmph. The other bowlers ranked higher than Mayank Yadav in the IPL list are Lockie Ferguson and Anrich Nortje.

Fastest deliveries in IPL history:

Sean Tate 157.71 km/h – 2011

Rocky Ferguson 157.3 km/h – 2022

Umran Malik 157 km/h – 2022

Anrich Nortje 156.22 km/h – 2020

Umran Malik 156 km/h – 2022

Mayank Yadav 155.8 km/h – 2024

Lucknow Supergiants bowling coach Moeen Morkel said young Mayank Yadav is generating some serious and disturbing pace and it is a pleasing sight for the team, Because their goal is to complete the journey.

The 21-year-old Mayank bowled extremely fast, with most of his deliveries going 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 here .

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. He was told 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.”

(with PTI input)