India, March 24 -- Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will open their campaign in the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday against Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam. However, ahead of the game, LSG were served a dampener as fast bowler Mayank Yadav suffered a fresh injury blow which derailed his return to IPL.

Lucknow's pre-season has been hampered by injuries to four of its premier Indian fast bowlers: Mayank, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, and Akash Deep. In fact, Mohsin was ruled out of the season on Sunday as LSG named all-rounder Shardul Thakur as a replacement.

Mayank has been troubled by injuries since he stunned world cricket last IPL season with his ability to hit the speed of 150kph at will and also won the Player of the M...