India, April 27 -- At the toss for Sunday's afternoon IPL game at the Wankhede Stadium, Lucknow Super Giants created a buzz by naming young fast bowler Mayank Yadav in the eleven against Mumbai Indians. Playing his first competitive game in seven months, the most exciting Indian fast bowling talent to emerge in recent times, Mayank shone in patches and picked two big wickets - Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya.

On any other day, it could have been a headline act. But against MI, he was up against Jasprit Bumrah, the world's premier pace bowler. To the bad luck of LSG fans, the MI spearhead chose the match to produce his best display of this season, capturing four wickets to star in the home side's domination.

Yadav's comeback display was i...