Hyderabad, India

India pace sensation Mayank Yadav played an impressive debut series during the 3-0 whitewash against Bangladesh in T20Is. Yadav took a wicket in each of the three matches he played, including a first-ball wicket in the third T20I as well.

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The pacer was called upon to open the bowling after Arshdeep Singh was rested and delivered on the very first ball of the match with a wicket. With that, Mayank became only the fourth Indian bowler to take a wicket on the first ball of a T20I match.

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Apart from him, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep have also done it for India in T20Is. Mayank took a total of four wickets in the series, with 2/32 in the last game being his best bowling figures.

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The pacer had lit up the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 with his raw pace while playing for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). His dream run, however, was cut short four games into the season due to an injury.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took cognizance of the young pacer's talent and speed, and put him in the National Cricket Academy (NCA), Bengaluru, to work on the fitness. The series against Bangladesh was his first competitive cricket of any kind since the injury.

The pacer has credited bowling coach Morne Morkel for his development in the last couple of years at LSG.

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"It has been comfortable, hung with him for last three years. He knows me, I know him. It is easy for me to work with him. He knows what things are better for me and where I need to work," Mayank said about his equation with Morkel in a video shared by the BCCI after the first T20I.

Yadav also created history on debut as he bowled his first over a maiden - becoming only the third Indian bowler ever to to do so.