‘My goal is to play for India’: Mayank Yadav

M Siddharth lived out a dream at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday night In the process he also came good on his word to Lucknow Super Giants LSG head coach Justin Langer Yet he was not even the star of the show during his teamrsquos convincing 28run defeat of Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCBDream wicketEntrusted with the first over of the chase as RCB set out in quest of 182mdashSiddharth bowled three overs in the powerplaymdashthe leftarm spinner accounted for Virat Kohli with his 14th delivery caught off the leading edge at point ldquoI had always dreamt of taking his wicketrdquo the 25yearold gushed ldquoYou can ask anyonehellip itrsquos the biggest wicket you can take Irsquom really happyrdquo Not a bad first wicket to have in the IPLKohli was but one of several big tickets in the RCB batting unit Someone else had to step up and account for the rest That someone else answered to the name of Mayank Yadav the 21yearold tearaway from Delhi who is making heads turn and people sit up and take noticeOn debut against Punjab Kings Mayank had picked up three for 23 and the Player of the Match award He went one better on Tuesday cleaning up Glenn Maxwell Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar finishing with three for 14 from four overs that included 16 dot balls He repeatedly flirted with the 150 kmph mark and at times breezed past 155 his skiddy pace making him impossible to line up ldquoI have played against him in local matches and we planned to use his pace against him but we made some mistakesrdquo conceded Mahipal Lomror who came on as RCBrsquos Impact Player and smashed 33 off 13 the highest score in his teamrsquos tally of 153 all out ldquoMayank is bowling really well and I am happy for himrdquoAlso ReadSunil Narines skyward symphony Sixes ascend to new heights in VizagThe man in question is determined not to get ahead of himself Having missed last season through injury he is well aware of the importance of making a good thing count ldquoI feel very good winning two Player of the Match awards but happier because we won both matchesrdquo Mayank said at the postmatch presentation ldquoMy aim is to play for India as much as possible I feel this is just the start and my mail goal is what I am focused onrdquoWorth a waitMayank has a plethora of members in the dugout to turn to for support and encouragement One of them is KL Rahul his captain who has already led the country in all formats ldquoSo happy to see Mayank bowl the way he has in the last couple of gamesrdquo Rahul observed ldquoHe has quietly waited for two seasons because of injury but he has been working very hard Itrsquos great seeing him bowl that fast from behind the stumpsrdquo1567kphLSG pacer Mayank Yadavrsquos bowling speed against RCB the fastest in IPL17