Mayank Yadav, a young fast bowler, stole the spotlight from all of the seasoned players when he not only bowled his side to a 21-run victory over the Punjab Kings, but also threw the fastest ball in the Tata IPL at 155.8 kph at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The 21-year-old Lucknow Super Giants debutant took 3/27 in four overs, including three of the top four Punjab hitters, as the visitors dove and dived to evade his thunderbolts.The most significant of his three wickets was that of Punjab opener Jonny Bairstow, who was woefully late on a scorching, short-paced delivery, slicing the ball to midwicket.
The most significant of his three wickets was that of Punjab opener Jonny Bairstow, who was woefully late on a scorching, short-paced delivery, slicing the ball to midwicket.
Bairstow (42 off 29 balls) and his captain, Shikhar Dhawan (70 off 50 balls), put on an impressive 102 for the opening wicket in 11.4 overs as the visitors made an excellent start to their run chase of exactly 200 after the Super Giants totalled 199 for eight in their knock after captain Nicholas Pooran won the toss and chose to bat first