{"id":7597,"date":"2026-04-23T19:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-2026-the-kid-nearly-lost-his-career-at-21-ian-bishops-emotional-post-as-mayank-yadav-faces-backlash-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:50:11","slug":"ipl-2026-the-kid-nearly-lost-his-career-at-21-ian-bishops-emotional-post-as-mayank-yadav-faces-backlash-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-2026-the-kid-nearly-lost-his-career-at-21-ian-bishops-emotional-post-as-mayank-yadav-faces-backlash-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 | &#8216;The kid nearly lost his career at 21&#8217;: Ian Bishop&#8217;s emotional post as Mayank Yadav faces backlash | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130469610,imgsize-34248,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mayank-yadav-2304-sd.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026 | 'The kid nearly lost his career at 21': Ian Bishop's emotional post as Mayank Yadav faces backlash\" title=\"Mayank Yadav (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Mayank Yadav (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) \">Mayank Yadav (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The spotlight was firmly on fiery pacer Mayank Yadav as he marked his return in IPL 2026 for Lucknow Super Giants against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Expectations were sky-high from the young speedster, known for unleashing thunderbolts in excess of 150kph.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>However, his comeback after a 353-day injury layoff didn\u2019t quite go as planned.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The 23-year-old showed glimpses of his old rhythm and even breached the 150kph mark &#8211; his trademark &#8211; but endured a tough outing overall. He was taken apart for 56 runs in his four overs, went wicketless, and finished with an economy rate of 14.00 in his first appearance of the season.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Lucknow Super Giants slumped to a 40-run defeat &#8211; their fifth loss in IPL 2026 &#8211; and soon after, Mayank found himself at the receiving end of criticism and trolling on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Former West Indies cricketer and commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ian-bishop\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ian Bishop<\/a> was quick to defend the youngster, urging fans to show perspective and patience.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Justin Langer on LSG batting failure and opens up on the team&#8217;s bowling<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Taking to X, Bishop said: &#8220;To see negative comments about Mayank Yadav today is horrifying. The kid nearly lost his career &amp; livelihood at 21yrs. Just to see him play again is huge boost. The fact that he clocked 150kph again is a miracle. At 23yrs just pray for him that he stays fit. The control will come.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Mayank had played just two matches last season before being sidelined with a back injury. He remained out of professional cricket since then, making his long-awaited return against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>LSG\u2019s campaign this season has been inconsistent. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>LSG began with a loss to Delhi Capitals but bounced back with wins over Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders. However, defeats to Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals have dented their progress.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Lucknow Super Giants will next face Kolkata Knight Riders on April 26. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/the-kid-nearly-lost-his-career-at-21-ian-bishops-emotional-post-as-mayank-yadav-faces-backlash\/articleshow\/130469578.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayank Yadav (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) NEW DELHI: The spotlight was firmly on fiery pacer Mayank Yadav as he marked his return in IPL 2026 for Lucknow Super Giants against Rajasthan Royals at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Expectations were sky-high from the young speedster, known for unleashing thunderbolts in excess of 150kph.However, his comeback [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}