{"id":196219,"date":"2026-07-23T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196219"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:45:53","slug":"mayank-yadav-strikes-first-ball-to-end-two-year-wait-for-international-wicket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196219","title":{"rendered":"Mayank Yadav strikes first ball to end two-year wait for international wicket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71257537\">Indian speedster Mayank Yadav took his first internatinoal wicket in two years when he had Brian Bennett\u00a0caught behind first ball of the first T20I on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mayank produced a peach that pitched on a good length outside off, straightened just enough off the seam and squared up Bennett. Wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan sprang up in a confident appeal, prompting India to review after the on-field umpire remained unmoved.<\/p>\n<p>UltraEdge revealed the faintest of nicks, overturning the decision and sending Bennett back for a golden duck.<\/p>\n<p>Mayank had made a sensational debut in the IPL two years ago, when he took three for 27 for Lucknow Super Giants against Punjab Kings, was named the Player-of-the-Match, and clocked 155.8 kmph \u2014 the fastest ball yet of the season. He went on to bowl even quicker.<\/p>\n<p>But life has not been kind to Mayank after that brilliant start to his career. He got injured and the comeback hasn\u2019t been easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 23, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/mayank-yadav-first-international-wicket-two-years\/article71257537.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian speedster Mayank Yadav took his first internatinoal wicket in two years when he had Brian Bennett\u00a0caught behind first ball of the first T20I on Thursday. Mayank produced a peach that pitched on a good length outside off, straightened just enough off the seam and squared up Bennett. Wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan sprang up in a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTI10_12_2024_000389A.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":196008,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=196008","url_meta":{"origin":196219,"position":0},"title":"It is a very special moment: Mayank Yadav after Player of the Match performance on international return","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Mayank Yadav said that earning the Player of the Match award on his return to international cricket was a \u201cvery special moment\u201d after India\u2019s seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Thursday, July 23. 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