Lucknow Supergiants bowling coach and former South Africa great Moeen Morkel praised young pacer Mahmoud Xavier after his team defeated Kings XI Punjab (PBKS) by 21 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match. Yank Yadav showed ‘serious enthusiasm’ in bowling and got success Life as a batsman is not comfortable. Debutant Mayank Yadav’s brilliant four-wicket haul restricted PBKS to 178/5 and helped his team Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Eka on Saturday Nacional won by 21 runs. During his tenure, Mayank regularly reached speeds of 150 km/h and one of his deliveries reached speeds of 155-156 km/h. He was voted Man of the Match for his game-changing spell.

After the game, Morkel said in his post-match speech: “Delighted with the victory. The bowlers held on. In the first timeout, I told the bowlers to stay in the game. Then young Majan Grams bowled very hard and got wickets. Last year was tough because he got injured after the first warm-up. We managed him better. He came in runs and that was a delight thing. He made 155 tonight and made life uncomfortable for the batsmen. We ask the players to do the basics on a good wicket. I told him (Mayank) to stick to his length and Use the bouncer. Despite the humidity, he ran in with pride and bowled fast. The wicket performance is an unknown and we have to sum up the improving conditions and take advantage of them. We have five or six days after the first game, It could also be bad for us.”

Mayank has played 2 first-class matches, 17 A-level matches and 11 T20 matches. He represented Delhi in domestic competition, making his first-class debut in 2021 and first-class debut in 2022.

LSG elected to bat first after winning the toss. Quinton de Kock (54 off 38 balls, including 5 fours and 2 sixes), captain Nicholas Pooran (42 off 21 balls, including 3 fours and 3 sixes) and Krunal Pandya (22 off 43 balls (with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes) helped LSG reach 199/8 in 20 overs. Kok and Pooran shared a 47-run partnership for the fourth wicket, helping LSG settle down after some quick wickets.

Sam Curran (3/28) and Arshdeep Singh (3/30) were selected as the bowlers for PBKS. Rahul Chahar and Kagiso Rabada took one wicket each.

In the run-chase, captain Shikhar Dhawan (70 off 50 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes) and Jonny Bairstow ( 42 runs off 29 balls, including 3 fours and 3 sixes) opened the match with an opening partnership of 102 runs. But Mayank’s hot streak spoiled PBKS’ efforts, reducing them to 141/4 in 16.2 overs. Liam Livingstone (28* off 17 balls, including two fours and two sixes) tried to fight but PBKS were restricted to 178/5 in their 20 overs.

Mohsin Khan also took two wickets for 34 runs.

LSG ranks fifth in the standings with 1 win, 1 loss and 2 points. PBKS is ranked sixth with 1 win and 2 losses, with 2 points.

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