Overview

• New interviews detail Yadav’s takeaway from Pant’s guidance to stay calm under pressure and treat the ball in hand as the chance to be the hero.
• The LSG pacer is profiled as a skiddy, above-140 kph operator whose yorker has become his defining T20 weapon.
• His early IPL highlights include a first scalp of Travis Head cleaned up by a yorker, with further bowled dismissals of Will Jacks and Nehal Wadhera reported.
• Yadav’s rise traces through 2024 DPL success (13 wickets in 10 games) and a Vijay Hazare Trophy run as Delhi’s leading wicket-taker with 11, leading to an INR 30 lakh LSG deal after time as a net bowler.
• He acknowledges support from LSG staff including Vijay Dahiya and Zaheer Khan, while media summaries differ on his IPL 2025 tally, with reports citing either three in six or six in nine at 9.85 economy.