New Delhi, April 23 -- Former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop has slammed the "horrifying" criticism of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Mayank Yadav.

Mayank Yadav played his first IPL match after almost a year on Wednesday during LSG's match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Jaipur.

He had missed a majority of IPL 2025 due to a back injury. In his comeback game against RR, the pacer, however, endured figures of 0/56 from four overs. He ended up conceding 20 runs from the final over of the RR innings.

"To see negative comments about Mayank Yadav today is horrifying. The kid nearly lost his career & livelihood at 21yrs. Just to see him play again is huge boost. The fact that he clocked 150kph again is a miracle. At 23yrs just pray for him t...