How Mayank Yadav got fast-tracked into Indian team despite 4 IPL games, five-month injury layoff? Coach Devender Sharma reveals

New Delhi: Four Indian Premier League games followed by 5 months on the sidelines resulting from injury. Mayank Yadav used to be no way dreaming of an India call-up soon without any match practice. But the inevitable came about when the BCCI named the Lucknow Super Giants pacer contained within the 15-member squad for the home T20I series against Bangladesh, starting next month.

The quick bowler from Delhi, who has played just 14 T20s so some distance, grabbed eyeballs when he consistently bowled mid-100 and fifty clicks for LSG at some point of three of his four IPL 2024 matches including back-to-back Player of the Match awards which garnered global attention. It used to be at some point of mid-IPL, the 22-year-old used to be ruled out resulting from lower abdominal strain.

Such has been his talent that he used to be wrapped in cotton wool with an intensive rehabilitation programme and of late has been bowling 14-15 overs per day at the National Cricket Academy. Normally in India, no cricketer gets fast-tracked into the Indian side without being tested contained within the domestic circuit.

But contained within the case of Mayank, things took a different turn after NCA head and former India batter VVS Laxman took a different interest contained within the young p.c. sensation. Ever since Mayank entered the NCA, Laxman took a different interest in Mayank and as soon as he used to be declared fit by the medical team, the BCCI wasted no time in drafting him for the Bangladesh series.

Laxman’s at the back of the scenes story used to be revealed by Mayank’s coach Devender Sharma. “All credit to Laxman sir. He took a different interest in Mayank, right from the day Mayank went to NCA. He used to be given a transparent instruction by Laxman sir to first work on his core strength and then start bowling,” Sharma used to be quoted as saying to The Indian Express.

“It used to be a slow process. BCCI didn’t take any risk. He started bowling two months back, and it took him a month to get back to his normal speed. For the past six weeks, he has been bowling 15 overs per day at the NCA, every other instruction given to him by Laxman sir,” added Devender.

Alternatively, it truly is believed that before being unleashed into red ball format in Ranji Trophy, Bangladesh series is the right opportunity for the national selection committee and head coach Gautam Gambhir to ascertain out how he's coping at the international level with only four overs to bowl.

If his body holds up well, they would per chance slowly draft him into the longer formats as he's regarded as a prospect who will serve Indian cricket for the longest time. Devender also stated that Mayank is contained within the scheme of things for India contained within the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia.

“Yes, there is a temptation to Mayank to Australia. But as some distance as I know, he will likely be tested contained within the T20Is first. Thereafter, he used to be told to play Ranji Trophy for Delhi. The NCA wants to observe his body and whether it is able to address the pressure of four days or now no longer. For now, he's fit to bowl four overs, in my opinion, he needs a season of domestic cricket to prepare for the four-day matches,” he said.