‘Checked the BCCI website and got to know my name was there’: Mayank Yadav opens up on his maiden India call-up for T20I series against Bangladesh

New Delhi: Fast bowler Mayank Yadav said that he remains in a state of concern after receiving his maiden India call-up for the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh. Mayank Yadav said that after he heard the news, he instantly rushed to ascertain the web page online of the BCCI. His ability to consistently bowl a hundred and fifty-plus deliveries throughout this season of IPL 2024 while taking a really powerful wickets did now not go omitted, and now, he'll report back to Gwalior later this week because the series starts on October 6.

“I wasn’t privy to the choice. But I saw my mates here receiving congratulatory calls. I just checked the BCCI web web page online and got to snatch my name changed into there,” he told Times of India.

Mayank, who won two Player of the Match awards in exactly four appearances for Lucknow Super Giants and claimed seven wickets, revealed that he instantly called his mother upon hearing the news of his India call-up, and she changed into moved to tears.

“When I put down the phone, I had flashbacks in front of my eyes—from the day I first went to Sonnet Club to the four anxious months spent at the NCA to recover from frequent niggles,” he added.

Mayank suffered an injury throughout his fourth appearance in IPL 2024, which ruled him out for the remainder of the season. After improving, the short bowler faced any other setback while bowling at the BCCI’s National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, keeping him in rehabilitation until his recent call-up.

Mayank, in an interview with a national every day, recalled the career-changing advice from India head coach Gautam Gambhir, with whom he worked closely in 2023 throughout Gambhir’s tenure as mentor of the Lucknow Super Giants.

“Gautam bhaiya had once told me that there shall be players who get greater than one chances to prove themselves and there shall be some who will get only one opportunity. I changed into struggling to even detect a sponsor for my shoe notwithstanding being in an IPL team and having played for Delhi. Gautam bhaiya’s words stayed with me. He and Vijay Dahiya (former coach at LSG) had clearly told me that I might get my first game after one or two years. When the chance came this year, I had to make it count. The day after my IPL debut, I got offers for my bowling shoes. So far as Morne is anxious, he doesn’t speak a lot. If he observes anything else then he'll come and point it out. He's going to mostly point out strategies,” he added.