Why is Mayank Yadav not playing today's SRH vs LSG IPL 2025 match? Check LSG playing XI

In a crucial news update, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are not playing their premier fast bowler Mayank Yadav in their second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) being hosted at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The Lucknow Super Giants did not had the best of starts to their IPL 2025 campaign as they conceded a disappointing 1-wicket loss at the hands of Delhi Capitals (DC) in their first match. Thus, it will be really important for Lucknow Super Giants to make a strong comeback and secure their first win in this IPL 2025 season. 

Why is Mayank Yadav not playing SRH vs LSG IPL 2025 match?

Just before the start of the Indian Premier League 2025 season, the Lucknow Super Giants suffered a huge setback as their premier speedster Mayank Yadav got ruled out for the first half of the tournament due to injury. He was initially recovering from a back injury, but the pacer now faces a stern challenge with a toe injury, which has further delayed his return for LSG in IPL 2025. The LSG team management showed a lot of faith on Mayank when they decided to retain him at a mammoth price of INR 11 Crore. 

During the previous season while making his IPL debut for the Lucknow Super Giants, Mayank managed to take as many as 7 wickets from 4 games at a brilliant economy of less than 7. Moreover, the pacer was really impressive for the Lucknow Super Giants in the last edition of the Indian Premier League as he astonished even the best of batters with his amazing bowling speed. The LSG speedster has the terrific ability to clock a bowling speed of 150 kmhr on a consistent basis. Incidentally, Mayank also missed majority of the IPL 2024 season due to a back injury. After stunning performances in IPL 2024, Mayank Yadav also earned his maiden call-up to the India T20I team. 

"We will bowl first. I think we got to get them out early and look to chase the target. It depends on the team combination, that's why we want to bowl first. We have the batting to chase it down. The only change is Avesh comes back, Shahbaz misses out. We gonna chase whatever they score, doesn't matter," stated LSG captain Rishabh Pant during the toss. 

Here's our XI for tonight's 🔥 encounter! pic.twitter.com/wH4eUtwobr

— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) March 27, 2025

Mayank Yadav fastest ball in IPL

While playing for the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League, speedster Mayank Yadav has earned a massive reputation of consistently clocking over 150 kmph bowling speed. During the game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2024, Mayank Yadav bowling speed of 156.7 kmph astonished many of the cricket fans and experts as this was his fastest ball in the T20 tournament. 

LSG Playing XI

Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (C & wk), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Shahbaz, Manimaran Siddharth, Mitchell Marsh, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh 

LSG IPL 2025 Squad

Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, RS Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke