Mayank Yadav

Mayank Yadav is a pace sensation. He is not only express quick but can also trouble the batters with bounce as he hits the deck hard.

The Delhi pacer, who made his domestic debut for his state in 2021 Vijay Hazare Trophy, was spotted by former India player Vijay Dahiya. And, immediately he was snapped up in the 2022 IPL auctions by Lucknow Super Giants with Dahiya being their assistant coach back then. However, he couldn’t make it to the XI in his first two seasons. He grabbed a lot of eyeballs during the 2023 Deodhar Trophy where he was the joint second highest wicket-taker with 12 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 17.58.

Mayank was unleashed by LSG in IPL 2024, he impressed straightaway and soon became the talk of the town. 3 for 27 on debut against Punjab Kings (wickets of Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma) and he followed it with an even better performance in the following game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru where he picked 3 for 17 (wickets of Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green). He consistently bowled in excess of 150kph and clocked 156.7kph against RCB which turned out to be the fastest delivery of the season. He was able to play just four matches due to an injury.

He was fast-tracked into the Indian T20 team and Mayank picked 4 wickets in the 3 T20Is against Bangladesh in October 2024. Soon after, he was retained by LSG for INR 11 crore ahead of the 2025 IPL mega auction. Mayank played just two games in IPL 2025 before a back injury ruled him out of the tournament. After being retained by LSG, Mayank played a couple of T20 World Cup warm-up games for India A.