Former BCCI selector MSK Prasad has tipped rising star pacer Mayank Yadav to make it to Team India squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 in USA and West Indies.

Mayank Yadav has played 17 List A, 13 T20s and one First-Class game in his professional career, but owing to his recent exploits in IPL 2024, he has been talk of the town. Mayank has emerged as the find of the Indian Premier League 2024. He is tipped to make it to the India squad.

Former BCCI chairman of selectors MSK Prasad is to be believed, the Yadav is an ideal replacement for the injured Mohammed Shami.

“Had it been some other format, probably I would have thought differently. I would have taken a call only after watching him for a couple of bilateral series. But IPL is in itself a mega platform where you can showcase your talent because every game involves pressure. Mayank is someone who has shown he can absorb pressure and bowl consistently at a good line and has already troubled the best of the lot with his pace,” Prasad told RevSportz.

“If they are not able to bring the bat down against the pace he has been generating I think he will be handy. And looking at the Indian bowling, especially with Shami now being ruled out, the selectors must be looking for a third seamer after Bumrah and Siraj. Someone with that kind of pace and accuracy, deserves a place in the T20 World Cup squad.”

“It’s not just about bowling consistently at a good pace but the accuracy. You saw the game against Punjab Kings, it was his pace coupled with line and length that troubled batters. They struggled to negotiate his pace. In the game against RCB, the ball with which he got Cameron Green bowled speaks volumes about his pace. I think he is easily the find of IPL so far,” Prasad added.

“When the pitches are double paced it will be even tougher to play him. Not many people know that he has got a fantastic change of pace also. All these attributes make him a solid case for the T20 World Cup squad.”