Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s richest cricket tournament, yet again unveiled another talent in IPL2024,  Mayank Yadav who is turning the dial on speed guns. The 21-year-old lanky bowler from Delhi made his IPL debut for Lucknow Super Giants against Punjab Kings in March by displaying a terrific spell of fast bowling, his fastest clocking  96mph (155.8km/h) and won the man-of-the-match on debut.  In the next game Yadav bettered himself with  a  97mph (156.7km/h) against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He picked up six wickets for 41 runs across the two matches.

Former West Indian fast bowler and commentator Ian Bishop described him as a “child of the wind”. Dale Stein, one of the greatest fast bowler, who Yadav described as his only idol said on Twitter: “ Mayank Yadav where have you been hiding. That’s a serious ball #PACE”, in a tweet after his second game. Yadav had both pace and accuracy with his ball control, and hasn’t yet bowled a single extra in the IPL. He varied his lengths without pace being affected. He accounted wickets of Jonny Bairstow against Punjab and Glenn Maxwell abasing Bangalore.

Yadav was enrolled at Delhi’s renowned Sonnet Cricket Club, by his father, a police vehicle siren seller.