Updated On: 02 April, 2024 07:10 AM IST | Bangalore | R Kaushik
Desperate RCB wary of LSG’s new pace sensation Yadav at home tonight

LSG pacer Mayank Yadav against Punjab Kings in Lucknow on Saturday; (right) RCB’s star batter Virat Kohli. Pics/PTI
There is a new hitman in town, and he answers to the name of Mayank Yadav. A little over 48 hours back, the 21-year-old was an unknown beyond the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) dugout and the Delhi squad, for whom he has played one first-class game. But with his spectacular takedown of Punjab Kings in Lucknow on Saturday night, the latest Mayank in the Indian cricket stables has been relentlessly under the spotlight.
According to Nicholas Pooran, the experienced LSG virtuoso who might again don the skipper’s garb against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Tuesday, Mayank hasn’t been ‘overwhelmed’ by the attention. “He just wants to go out there and do what he does best, which is bowl fast,” Pooran added. That will be quite a spectacle, considering he will be up against Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green.