Lucknow Super Giants have unearthed India’s latest fast bowling sensation in Mayank Yadav who became the talk of the town with his express pace that saw him consistently clock in the 150 kmphs. The 21-year-old made his IPL debut on Saturday night against Punjab Kings and he finished with bowling figures of 3/27 to win player-of-the-match award in LSG’s 21-run win.
Mayank’s 150kmphs thunderbolts troubled PBKS batters and all his three wickets came off short deliveries. He got rid of Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma to bring LSG back into the contest after PBKS openers laid an excellent platform with a century stand in chase of 200 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
PBKS slipped in the run-chase after Mayank’s introduction as he took out Bairstow in his second over.
However, it was three deliveries before his maiden IPL wicket that Mayank caught everybody’s attention when he sent down a 155.8kmph thunderbolt to PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan to beat the outside edge of the star batter.
It’s the quickest delivery of IPL 2024 bowled so far as Mayank overtook Rajasthan Royal’s paceman Nandre Burger who had set the pace earlier clocking 153.
Here are the seven quickest deliveries of IPL 2024 (Till LSG vs PBKS)
- Mayank Yadav – 155.8kmph
- Mayank Yadav – 153.9kmph
- Mayank Yadav – 153.4kmph
- Nandre Burger – 153kmph
- Gerald Coetzee – 152.3kmph
- Alzarri Joseph – 151.2kmph
- Matheesa Pathirana – 150.9kmph
So where does Mayank rank in the overall list of quickest deliveries in IPL history?
The record for the fastest delivery bowled in an IPL match belongs to former Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait who clocked 157.71kmph in 2011. Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand is second on this list with 157.3kmph bowled during IPL 2022.
Third spot belongs to Umran Malik who recorded 157kmph during IPL 2022 and thus holds the Indian record.
Mayank is sixth on this list behind Anrich Nortje (156.22kmph) and Umran (156kmph)
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