A lower abdominal tear has ruled Lucknow Super Giants pace-bowling sensation Mayank Yadav out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League, the team said on Saturday.
That the 21-year-old Delhi fast-bowler has suffered grade 1 tear (side strain), news agency PTI said. The latest update on his fitness was revealed by LSG head coach Justin Langer.
"... we'll be praying that he can play, hopefully, in the play-offs, but I am a realist as well. It'll probably be difficult for him to get up for the back-end of the tournament," PTI quoted Langer as saying.
Langer informed the media that Mayank sustained a tear at the same area where he was injured earlier.
"He's (Mayank) had a scan. He's got a small tear in a similar area to where his last one (injury) was. So, it's very unfortunate. We saw the impact he had when he came back into the game, the former Australia opener and head coach said.
Mayank, who took everyone by surprise with his 155-click thunderbolts played four IPL matches and took seven wickets. However, in a couple of those games he broke down without completing his quota of overs.
The pacer got injured for the first time against Gujarat Titans and he left the field with a side strain after bowling one over.
He underwent a four-week rehabilitation and came back against Mumbai Indians but broke down again after sending down 3.1 overs leading to scathing criticism from Langer's one-time teammate Brett Lee.
