Yash Thakur picked the primary five-wicket haul in IPL 2024 on Sunday.© BCCI
Lucknow Tremendous Giants should have felt the stress when their star pacer Mayank Yadav walked off the sphere after conceding 13 runs in his opening over. LSG have been defending a complete of 163 for five in opposition to the power-packed batting line-up of Gujarat Titans and Mayank, who was their Participant of the Match within the earlier two video games, was out of the bottom with a aspect pressure. GT may need seen this as a possibility and so did a teen within the LSG staff – Yash Thakur. He was delivered to bowl the ultimate over of the powerplay. At that time limit, GT have been cruising at 47 with out loss.
Thakur eliminated Shubman Gill within the very first over and by no means seemed again within the sport. What adopted was a double-wicket maiden from the pacer, the primary in IPL 2024. He completed with figures of 5 for 30 in 3.5 overs, which additionally occurred to be the primary five-wicket haul in IPL 2024.
Who’s Yash Thakur?
Yash, who idolised Umesh Yadav, additionally performs for the Vidarbha staff within the home format. Duly impressed by Umesh’s bowling throughout his forming years, Yash adopted the footsteps of the veteran pacer to turn out to be what he’s in the present day.
As shocking as it might sound, Yash wished to turn out to be a wicketkeeper firstly of his cricket profession. Nevertheless, it was former Vidarbha captain and coach Praveen Hinganikar, who noticed him bowl in nets after which suggested him to make a change to quick bowling.
Yash’s supply of inspiration behind wicketkeeping was MS Dhoni and Hinganikar did have a tricky job in hand to influence the teen to see his profession in quick bowling. He, nevertheless, managed to do it.
Yash has performed 22 First-Class video games for Vidarbha and picked 67 wickets. He has performed 37 Checklist A matches, scalping 54 wickets. Yash additionally holds the expertise of enjoying 48 T20 matches through which he has taken 69 wickets.
Lucknow Tremendous Giants purchased the right-arm pacer forward of IPL 2023 for a sum of Rs 45 lakh.
Yash performed 9 video games for the franchise that season and picked 13 wickets whereas bowling at an economic system of 9.08. IPL 2024 can also be turning out to be an excellent season for Yash as he has picked a complete of 6 wickets within the first three video games.
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