(Cricket News) India’s newest pace sensation and Lucknow’s pacer Mayank Yadav is likely to miss LSG’s next two games. LSG’s head coach Justin Langer, talking to the media confirmed about the development. He also said he expects the fast bowler to be “back bowling again soon”.
Mayank bowled just a solitary over against the Gujarat Titans and walked off the field. He experienced “soreness in lower abdominal area” that kept him away from the remainder of that game. He underwent a scan for the same, following day.
“He felt a little bit of tightness at the top of his hip leading into the last game, but that was about a one-out-of-ten pain, and we thought that there were clinical signs,” Langer said in a press conference on Thursday. “Everything through the doctors and the physios seemed perfectly okay. He bowled that first over [against Titans] and started feeling something in his hip.
“But we had an MRI scan, and there is a very, very small swelling in there. So we are very hopeful he’ll start building himself up and be back bowling again soon.”
LSG’s next fixture is against the Delhi Capitals on Friday at home post which they’ll face the Knight Riders in an away game. The match against KKR is just two days later to their home fixture, which potentially delays Mayank’s return.
“That’s the plan [to have Mayank fit for the match against Chennai Super Kings on April 19]. We want him to play every game if possible,” Langer said. “But he’ll be working towards it; he’s working very hard every day to be ready for whatever our next game is. He won’t play tomorrow; it’s unlikely… with the very short turnaround, it’s unlikely that he plays these two games. But he’s certainly working towards playing whenever he possibly can.”
