Lucknow Super Giants speedster Mayank Yadav walked off the field without completing his quota of four overs during his team's game against Mumbai Indians on Tuesday, April 30. Mayank made a return to the league after missing out on five back-to-back games in the tournament.
Mayank began to bowl right after the powerplay ended and when he was in his final over in the 19th over of the innings the pacer went back off the field after bowling just one ball of his last over. The pace sensation got the wicket of Mohammad Nabi on a hard length that broke the stumps after hitting the batter's inside edge and thigh.
Soon after that delivery, the pacer went off the field without bowling the rest of the five balls. To complete his over, Afghanistan's Naveen-ul-Haq came to bowl his final over of the day. There has been no update given by any LSG member on the pacer's suspected injury.
He did not have the best days with the ball in the match. The pacer was hit for 31 runs in his 3.1 overs of the day. Even though he bowled a delivery at around 152 Kmph, Mayank seemed a bit off the track in terms of his line and lengths today.
Mayank Yadav had passed fitness tests; KL Rahul wanted pacer to return
Mayank had picked up abdominal soreness during his third match of the season against Gujarat Titans on April 7. LSG bowling coach Morne Morkel confirmed on the eve of the game against MI on April 30 that the pacer has cleared all the fitness tests and will probably play in the match against Mumbai. "Mayank is fit. He's passed all his fitness tests. Very excited to probably have him back and in the playing potential XII for tomorrow," Morkel said on the eve of the game.
Notably, during the toss of the clash, LSG skipper Rahul said that Mayank was back and he wanted him to slot back in the team. "We will bowl first. Wicket looks good, want to put their batters under pressure and look to chase it. We'll try to stay as balanced as possible. Need to come out and put up show. We have had a few good victories. Few changes, Quinton misses out. Kulkarni is in the team. Mayank is back as well. He has bowled really well, he has a huge impact. I have been pushing the physios and medical team. Mayank is eager to go. Important that he gets it out of his head that he had an injury," Rahul said at the toss.
