South africa
IPL 2026: I Have A Very Good Bond With Jasprit Bumrah, Says Mayank Yadav
Mayank Yadav spoke about his early inspiration for fast bowling, "When I used to play in the streets, I didn't know how to bowl spin. So I used to bowl only fast bowling. My craze for fast bowling began in childhood. My father also used to show me a lot of fast bowling videos. Mostly, when India used to play in South Africa, I used to watch a lot of those matches. I really liked two of their pacers, our current bowling coach, Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn. Through them, I got the craze to bowl fast."
Speaking on JioStar's IPL Today Live about how his ability to bowl high-speed deliveries got discovered, Mayank Yadav said, "I will not say that the high speed in my bowling was always there. Now, a lot of people say, 'Mayank Yadav is a wonderkid with natural talent'. It feels nice. But I was not a wonderkid from the very start. With fast bowling, things are always a little dicey, whether you can do it or not.
