Mayank Yadav’s blistering pace powered Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to an impressive 28-run win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday (Apr 2). The right-arm pacer from Delhi picked up three wickets which left the RCB batting lineup reeling after it had been struggling big time, coming into the match. 

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Defending a competitive target of 182, skipper KL Rahul summoned Yadav into the attack in the sixth over with RCB one down. On the very first ball, Yadav hustled opposition captain Faf du Plessis who rushed to take a suicidal single, only to find himself miles short of the crease.

From thereon, Yadav imposed himself completely on the match and picked up the wickets of Cameron Green and Glenn Maxwell in one over. Both Australian batters were dismissed after failing to adjust to the thunderbolts being thrown by Yadav. 

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While Green was castled clean, Maxwell miscued a pull after failing to get under the 150+ kmph delivery. The pacer returned for his final spell in the 15th over and took the wicket of Rajat Patidar as well. 

Such was Yadav’s performance that former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop called him ‘child of the wind’ while Dale Steyn was left speechless by the raw pace and precision of the youngster. 

RCB did attempt to wage a fight at the end with impact sub Mahipal Lomror swinging for the fences but even he could not hold the innings together as RCB folded up on 153. 

LSG’s topsy-turvy batting

Put into bat first, LSG were off to a solid start, courtesy of Quinton de Kock who took on the RCB bowlers. A returning KL Rahul tried to match him but fell to the guile of Glenn Maxwell, whose contribution with the ball has so far outweighed his batting gains. 

Devdutt Padikkal’s poor form with the bat continued and he fell prey to Mohammed Siraj by top-edging one to wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat. 

Desperate to get a move on, QdK attempted to up the ante but Yash Dayal bowled some tight lines and kept a tight lid on the scoring rate. Marcus Stoinis provided some impetus at the back end, which was carried by Nicholas Pooran who smashed Reece Topley for three consecutive sixes in one over. 

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Mayank Dagar, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav

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