Young fast bowler Mayank Yadav impressed on his IPL 2024 debut for Lucknow Supergiants, bowling the fastest delivery of the tournament this year. Mayank looked in good rhythm and in the 12th over of Kings XI Punjab he bowled at a speed of 155.8 kmph which put Shikhar Dhawan in trouble. The 21-year-old was bought by LSG for a base price of Rs 20 lakh in the 2022 auction, but was later replaced by Arpit Guleria due to injury. In his T20 career, he took 12 wickets in 10 games, while in his List A career, Mayank took 34 wickets in 17 games.

Mayank represented Delhi in the domestic circuit and despite taking two important wickets in the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023-2024, his team was defeated by Punjab beat.

Earlier, Krunal Pandya’s late blitz helped Lucknow Super Giants post 199/8 in their Indian Premier League match against Punjab Kings The score was victorious.

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Opener Quinton de Kock, who was asked to bat first, top-scored LSG with a 38-ball 54, but stand-in captain Nicholas Pooran’s 21-ball 42 was not enough. Breathing life into the team’s innings in the middle of the field.

Krunal scored at a strike rate of 200 after two sixes and four boundaries to finish with a 22-ball 43 to give the team an extra cushion.

De Kock got the game going for LSG with a brilliant break from the midfield line-out.

KL Rahul, who came into the game as an ‘influence player’ after handing over the leadership responsibilities to Nicholas Pooran, tried to play Kagiso Rabada behind the leg side but did not look convincing. Harshal Patel came in from long off and made a valiant attempt to grab the ball, but Rahul was lucky as the fielder couldn’t complete the blinding he should have done.

At the other end, de Kock scored four runs when he bowled Rabada over the edge in his first delivery against the South African pacer.

Next, de Kock did one better as he opened up the face of the bat and hit Rabada over the backward point boundary for a six.

Rahul pushed Arshdeep Singh to the ground and then smashed another delivery in a similar fashion but that earned him four runs.

However, Arshdeep got his revenge when the left-arm seamer had the LSG batsman caught at the back by Jonny Bairstow for a nine-ball 15.

Devdutt Padikkal got two breakthroughs before being dismissed by Sam Curran.

Marcus Stoinis (19) hit two sixes before being bowled by Rahul Chahar as he tried to bowl the ball to the side.

This brought Pooran into the middle and the West Indian was soon in the groove, hitting Chahal for two sixes and a four to take a 20-run lead which gave LSG a run for their money The rate brought much-needed momentum.

De Kock, meanwhile, hit a half-century off 34 balls but a strategic pause broke LSG’s momentum when South Africa’s left-hand batsman Arshdeep’s short delivery caught wicketkeeper Jitesh. Jitesh Sharma takes the ball easily.

Pooran kept the scoreboard at a good pace until he dragged Rabada’s delivery to the stumps, a heavy blow to LSG at the crucial moment.

Newcomer Krunal Pandya wasted no time settling in and brilliantly delivered Rabada’s short pass over midfield for maximum points. Curran bowled a tight 17th to halt LSG’s charge but Krunal got a series of boundaries to support LSG.

(with PTI input)