New Delhi, May 19 -- Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) might have been eliminated from the playoffs race in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but on Tuesday a wave of positivity and happiness blew across the franchise after fast bowler Prince Yadav received a maiden Indian national team call-up. Prince was among the four new faces the BCCI named for the home series against Afghanistan.

At a time when the team failed collectively, the Delhi pacer remained constant as the top of the list for most wickets among LSG bowlers in IPL 2026. In fact Prince's India call-up came in less than two weeks after he cleaned up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) Virat Kohli with a peach of a delivery for a duck. Even Kohli looked stunned after the wicket.

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