Lucknow Super Giants express fast bowler is up and running, said the franchise head coach Justin Langer after Friday night's thrilling victory over Mumbai Indians.

Mayank YadavLSG head coach Justin Langer said, he had seen a video of Mayank, who is recovering from his back and toe injuries, bowling in Bengaluru.

"What I do know is he's working very hard at the NCA, and I saw some video of him bowling yesterday [Thursday] and he was bowling at about 90 to 95%," Langer said at the press conference. "So Mayank's up and running, which is really great for Indian cricket, for IPL. We saw the impact he had last year. I don't think there's been a bowler in India who's bowled faster than Mayank Yadav. That's why there's so much talk about him.

"He's up, he's keen to get going. He bowled really well in Bangalore yesterday at the NCA. I think you have another couple of bowls and hopefully... NCA, to their credit, have obviously done a very good job because they've got Avesh Khan back for us, they've got our Akash Deep back for us. So we really appreciate the work they're doing to get the boys back playing and now hopefully Mayank as well."

LSG had a deplated bowling attack at the very start of the IPL 2025, with Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan and Akash Deep all recovering from injuries.