IPL 2024: Glenn Maxwell compares LSG speedster Mayank Yadav to THIS former Australia pacer

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Glenn Maxwell has compared Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) speedster Mayank Yadav with former Australia pacer Shaun Tait. Mayank is making headlines in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season forhis extreme pace and hustling the opposition batters.

The 21-year-old pace sensation already has six wickets to his name in the two matches he has played. And in the eight overs bowled so far, Mayank has given away just 41 runs. Most of Mayank's deliveries are north of 150 kmph and one such ball claimed Maxwell's wicket during LSG vs RCB on April 2.

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Speaking on ESPN's Around the Wicket podcast, Maxwell heaped huge praise on Mayank and said: "He has some real extra speed that you don't really see a lot of around world cricket at the moment. You see guys bowl pretty consistently around the 140s [kph] or high 140s. But to have mid-150s consistently in your arsenal is pretty formidable."

"It's such a beautiful smooth action," Maxwell added. "He [Mayank] sort of glided through the crease really nicely. I think pace-wise, the only one that I can sort of really resemble it to is a little bit like Shaun Tait when he was in his heyday.

"I think when he was at the peak of his powers it was extremely hard to pick up the extra zip it feels like it has off the wicket. I think that's as close as it probably comes to it."

He also bowled the fastest delivery of the season at 156.7 kmph during the match vs RCB, improving on his record of 155.8 kmph from the previous match vs PBKS. Yadav's fastest delivery of the season is now fourth on the list of all-time fastest deliveries of the league. Ahead of him are Shaun Tait (157.7 kmph in IPL 2011), Lockie Ferguson (157.3 in IPL 2022) and UmranMalik (157 kmph in IPL 2022).