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As it turns out, Mayank Yadav is a huge fan of South Africa legend Dale Steyn..
Cricket fraternity watched in awe as Mayank Yadav unleased thunderbolts after thunderbolts on Saturday night in Lucknow as home team, Lucknow Super Giants beat Punjab Kings to claim their maiden win in IPL 2024..
Yadav picked three wickets in his stellar middle-over spell to help LSG bounce back, but it was his 155.8 kmph scorcher that caught the attention of world cricket.ry..
South Africa legend Dale Steyn, who previously worked with another India speedster Umran Malik in Sunrisers Hyderabad, was left gobsmacked as Yadav recorded that figure in just his second over in his IPL career, leaving veteran PBKS opener Shikhar Dhawan in disarray..
Speaking to the media after his match-winning spell at the Ekana Stadium, Mayank, paying a priceless tribute to Steyn, said: I look up to only one fast bowler, Dale Steyn, he is my idol.".
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