Who is Lucknow Supergiants' pacer Prince Yadav, who left Delhi Capitals breathless?

New Delhi: Lucknow Supergiants' IPL 2026 has undoubtedly started with a defeat, but the team's fast bowlers impressed with their strong performance. Especially Prince Yadav bowled amazingly in the power play. Prince created an atmosphere for Lucknow by taking 2 back to back wickets in a low scoring match, but Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs took charge of Delhi Capitals. In such a situation, let us know who is Lucknow Supergiants' fast bowler Prince Yadav.

Who is pacer Prince Yadav?

24 year old Prince Yadav plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. In IPL 2025, Lucknow had bought this player at the base price of Rs 30 lakh. Prince got to play 6 matches for Lucknow last season, in which he took 3 wickets. Prince is a pace bowler all-rounder. In such a situation, he can also bat in the lower order if needed.

Prince has experience of playing in 2 first class and 14 List A matches. He has a total of 30 wickets in his name including First Class and List A. Apart from this, he has taken 24 wickets in 22 T20 matches. In IPL 2026, he created a sensation by bowling out Pathum Nissanka and Delhi Capitals captain Akshar Patel in the very first match.

Prince had a clash with Stubbs

In the match against Delhi Capitals, Prince Yadav was very economical along with taking wickets. He spent only 20 runs in 3 overs. Prince bowled with full force for Lucknow, which had to defend only 141 runs. During this time, he also had an argument with Delhi player Tristan Stubbs, but the umpire immediately separated the two and calmed the atmosphere.

Talking about the match, Delhi defeated Lucknow by 6 wickets. Chasing the target of 142 runs, Delhi did not have a good start and lost four wickets in the power play, but Sameer Rizvi, who came to bat as an impact sub, took Lucknow away from the match by playing an unbeaten inning of 70 runs. Apart from Sameer Rizvi, Stubbs remained unbeaten for Delhi after scoring 39 runs in 32 balls.