Vidarbha’s Yash Thakur made his IPL debut on Monday, April 3rd, for the Lucknow Super Giants against the Chennai Super Kings in Chennai.
Who is Yash Thakur?
Born in December 1998 in Kolkata, Yash Thakur is a right-arm seamer who plays domestic cricket for Vidarbha and recently made his IPL debut for Lucknow Super Giants. He was with Punjab Kings as a net bowler in IPL 2022 and LSG bought him for INR 45 lakh in the IPL 2023 auction.
The 24-year-old medium pacer had a decent start to his spell. While all other LSG bowlers leaked heavy runs as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway for off to a gung-ho start, Thakur conceded 15 runs in his 2 overs. He even created half a chance, getting the leading edge of Gaikwad’s bat but it fell a bit too far away from Thakur’s reach.
Yash Thakur’s domestic record and T20 stats:
Vidarbha’s Yash Thakur has got an impressive domestic record: in 13 first-class matches, he’s taken 37 wickets at an average of 25 with 5 four-wicket hauls and 1 five-fer; in 28 List-A games, he’s snared 44 wickets at 23; and in 37 T20, he’s snapped 55 wickets at only 14 with a best of 4/5.
These are really impressive numbers for a youngster.
CSK gets off to a solid start against LSG:
Meanwhile, a century-opening stand between Gaikwad and Conway has put CSK ahead in their encounter against LSG. Gaikwad continued his form from the previous game against Gujarat and smashed a consecutive half-century, ending up with 57 runs off 31 balls, scored with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. Conway played his part with 47 off 29 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes as the pair shared an opening stand of 110 runs.
CSK vs LSG Playing XI and Substitute list for Impact Player:
LSG (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran(w), Krishnappa Gowtham, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Avesh Khan
CSK (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Shivam Dube, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, RS Hangargekar
LSG substitutes: Ayush Badoni, Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra
CSK substitutes: Tushar Deshpande, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane
