Fast bowler Yash Thakur was the hero for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Sunday (April 7) as they defeated Gujarat Titans by 33 runs defending 163. This was their third consecutive win and but once more, it was the quick bowler who received the participant of the match award for them. On the primary two events, it was speedster Mayank Yadav who received the award for consecutive three-wicket hauls however he walked off after bowling only one over because of facet pressure.

This is when KL Rahul handed the ball to Yash Thakur expressing confidence in him to do the job. The latter stepped up and skittled Shubman Gill in his very first over. He did not cease there and ended up selecting a five-wicket haul for simply 30 runs in 3.5 overs whereas delivering a maiden over as nicely. It was a incredible spell from the teenager and he credited his captain for a similar revealing the message from Rahul earlier than his first over.

“After Mayank left the field, (KL) Rahul bhai only said that ‘may be this is your day, you can win the match for us’. He said, ‘don’t think much and keep faith in yourself’. He said, we’ll only focus on the controllables and not waste time on external factors like what has happened to whom. I don’t take the pressure of expectations as a concern. Rather I’m happy when people outside or my team expects me to win games. I enjoy this responsibility of winning games for the team,” Yash mentioned.

Yash Thakur additionally revealed that he bowled to the plan of the group various his tempo because the floor was sluggish and it was troublesome to play pictures particularly in opposition to the older ball. “We knew that the wicket was slow, so the plan that we discussed, we stuck to it. Even if we got hit for runs, we would stick to it (the plan). KL told us we will get success. The variations, the slower ones, the bouncers I used, I kept getting success,” Thakur added.