Mayank Yadav was coming in there and getting high-quality players, beating them from pace: Stuart Broad

In an exclusive interaction on Star Sports, Cricket Live Show, cricket experts and commentators Sanjay Manjrekar and Stuart Broad shared insights from the match played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings. Sanjay Manjrekar speaks on the very mature innings from Nicholas Pooran and specially speaks on Ruturaj Gaikwad who is captaining Chennai Super Kings and will be facing Delhi Capitals today. Where, Stuart Broad was very impressed with the batting of Krunal Pandya and playing the role of key finisher for Lucknow Super Giants. Both Sanjay and Stuart praised debutant Mayank Yadav on his phenomenal and accurate bowling, maintaining 150+ KMPH against Punjab Kings. 

Speaking exclusively to Star Sports, Cricket Live Show, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar spoke on Nicholas Pooran's batting, and said, “People have tried this before as well and sometimes they've been disappointed, so somewhere you know people find comfort in the Pollards of the game,  where down the order is better or Liam Livingstone on occasion same with Pooran as well but in the match he was actually trying to play like Shikhar Dhawan trying to not anchor the inning but play responsibly and making sure there aren't too many wickets that are getting lost.

These are guys when they're trying to play responsibly ensuring not too many wickets are falling but still striking at 200 is incredible. Shikhar did that as well 150 strikes it while trying to steady the ship, so we saw some good batting performances just one guy who just completely shook up the whole system today.“

Manjrekar spoke on the debutant and speedster Mayank Yadav, said, “Not just 150, I remember Umesh Yadav, when he bowled a 150 delivery at the Wankhede Stadium and I got him in the commentary box, we been really proud. This is 156, the fastest ball of the IPL, and his third ball that he bowled and he would be able to tell us more about it.  Somebody was just coming in, playing his first IPL game, the third ball touched 150. Which means, he doesn't really need to make too much of an effort to bowl that quickly.” 

Broad opened up on his appreciation for Mayank Yadav and said, “Yeah, I'm smiling as well. Any time I see a young fast bowler come onto the scene and bowl with such great pace, aggression, and incredible attributes actually. He's got a very calm run-up that gathers pace throughout. He's balanced at the crease. I thought his line was fantastic today. I think when you bowl that sort of pace at 156 if you give width, you disappear.  But he was at the batters, he was over the stumps, cramping them and they were trying to give themselves room to open up the offside. He was coming in there and getting high-quality players, beating them from pace. As IPL debuts go, it was spectacular, really. Very, very special.” 

Manjrekar added his further comments in the context, saying, “And if you remember Umran Malik also, another fast bowler that we have, he just struggled with lines sometimes and you got the impression that every time he went full, he wasn't able to control his line. This guy was very smart. Until Shikhar Dhawan started playing in behind square, he kept everything short, which is a little easier to control line-wise.  And after Jonny Bairstow played one superb shot on the off, he just got closer and closer, so he knows how to bowl as well. And really, I mean, social media will be buzzing today.  We found the Delhi Express after the Rahul Tendi Express from Pakistan.“

Broad spoke on Krunal Pandya on playing the role of finisher for LSG, said, “You should play different roles in the IPL, having batted at four or five, but actually if you can be a player that a team can rely on down at six or seven to finish innings off when you've got the quality of  Quinton de Kock at the top of the order, KL Rahul, and you've got Marcus Stoinis if you can be that player that can find the boundary in those last three overs and can be relied on for that, that makes you a very valuable player to have and he did that really well and ultimately you win the game by 21 runs, that 40 that comes in the last four overs, it proves crucial.”

Manjrekar stated on Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rishabh Pant in the Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals clash, said,” Ruturaj has had some great time very close to him for two and a half months of the IPL for the last three-four years and so. Ruturaj Gaikwad quite liked the way he's taken over and it's been almost seamless the transition they've won two games. The best thing was when his name was announced at the opening game and the kind of reception and the roar that went up in Chennai showed one thing Chennai loves Mahendra Singh Dhoni but they love the franchise as well as the team because they welcome Ruturaj Gaikwad with as much as warmth they do for MS Dhoni.”

Manjrekar further added on Rishabh Pant, said,” Having said that, I'm only waiting to see Rishabh Pant play one of those shots you know we have seen him right he played in England, where he just sort of loses balance and gets into a shape that you know can't understand never balanced but the ball has gone in the second tier of the stand. He's a very physical batter and his batting success has depended on him being physically ready, so when that starts to happen, I think that is when Rishabh Pant is truly back in the game because at the moment you can see that the hitting is a little measured but that is all I'm looking forward to.”