Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pace sensation Mayank Yadav was absent from their playing XI for the must-win clash against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) today (May 19) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2025).
This is because Mayank, who joined the franchise after missing a big chunk of the season due to injury, has once again succumbed to his back issue.
Notably, Mayank was absent for LSG’s first nine games and after that, he could only feature in just two matches before the season got suspended for a week due to border tensions between India and Pakistan.
Mayank, who made headlines last season for clocking speeds north of 150 kph constantly, seemed to be struggling IPL 2025. This time around, the INR 11 crore LSG retention couldn’t do an encore and his pace visibly dropped. He picked up two wickets in two games but was extremely expensive, going at an economy of 12.50.
In his absence, the franchise signed Kiwi pacer Will O’Rourke and he is set to make his IPL debut tonight against SRH.
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LSG: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Will O’Rourke
Impact Subs: Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad, M Siddharth, Shardul Thakur, David Miller.
SRH: Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (capt), Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
Impact Subs: Mohammad Shami, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh.
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