Yash Dayal has come a long way since that over in IPL 2023 that left him in tears after he failed to defend 29 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders when he was with Gujarat Titans. Rinku Singh famously clattered him for five sixes in a high-scoring affair to seal an unlikely win for KKR.
While KKR camp erupted in joy, there was gloom in GT camp with Dayal getting emotional. Such was the impact of that dramatic over that the left-arm pacer fell ill and ended up missing several matches of the season.
Later that year, he was released by GT before they lost a bidding war with Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the IPL 2024 players’ auction in December. Things were changing for good as Dayal had been bought by the popular franchise for a whopping Rs 5 crore.
On Monday, Dayal had put those memories to rest with an excellent spell against Punjab Kings. He bowled three of his four overs in the Powerplay and conceded just 10 runs during the phase before finishing with figures of 1/23.
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During a chat with RCB teammate Mohammed Siraj, the 26-year-old recalled how he was asked by his well-wishers to avoid social media for a while after that match against KKR.
“To be very honest, match ke baad mai jab gaya waapis toh mujhe kaafi problem hui. Mujhe manaa kiya gaya tha ki social media mut dekhna but maine dekh liya (I faced problem. I was asked to look at social media but I ended up checking).
“Uske baad family say baat kiya. Thoda sa hurt hua ki log kya scohte hai, hum kis background se aata hai aur khelte hai. Do teen din mai meri tabiyat kharab ho gayi thi. Uske baat maine recover kiya aur phir maine match par focus kiya (I was hurt by what people thought about us. I was unwell for two-three days but after recovering, my focus was firmly on matches).
Dayal then revealed how he got through that testing period.
“Aisa nahi hai ke mai pehla insaan hoon jiske saath ye hua hai, na he mai aakhri hoon. Maine processs pe zyada focus kiya, matches zyada khelu aur us mahaul mai aaon ki isko tackle kar paaon (I am not the first nor will I be the last person to go through this. So I focused on the process, tried playing as many matches as possible to get accustomed to the environment and how to tackle it),” he added.
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