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'I'm sure Gautam Gambhir and his team will...': LSG head coach Justin Langer reacts to Prince Yadav getting maiden ODI call-up for Afghanistan series

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LSG head coach Justin Langer sitting in the dugout; LSG's Prince Yadav celebrates RCB opener Virat Kohli's wicket in IPL 2026. (Photo Credit: BCCI)
LSG head coach Justin Langer sitting in the dugout; LSG's Prince Yadav celebrates RCB opener Virat Kohli's wicket in IPL 2026. (Photo Credit: BCCI)

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Prince Yadav has taken 16 wickets in 13 games in IPL 2026.

Virat Kohli, Justin Langer have spoken highly of Prince.

Lucknow Super Giants’ (LSG) leading wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, pacer Prince Yadav got his maiden ODI call-up for the home series against Afghanistan. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach had predicted that Prince and Mohsin Khan will play for India soon. While Mohsin has had fitness issues, Prince hasn’t missed a single game. Prince was also praised by Virat Kohli who will now play alongside him in the Afghanistan ODI series. On May 19, in the post-match press conference, head coach Justin Langer expressed his happiness on seeing Prince get maiden national call-up. The former Australian opener believes that head coach Gautam Gambhir and the team will be happy to have a bowler with team first attitude. 

"I cannot tell you how happy I am for Prince Yadav. His work ethic, the way he goes about his business, his care for the team, he will be a brilliant acquisition for the Indian international team. I mean, he's one of a kind. He's a brilliant person. He does everything. Even if he has brilliant days by himself, he's only happy if the team wins. Very, very high skill. Very, very high character. I'm sure Gautam Gambhir and his team will be delighted to have someone as good as him coming into their side,” Langer told the reporters in Jaipur.

 

 

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India are without the services of Jasprit Bumrah, injured Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj for the ODI series. Prince is likely to make his ODI debut considering that the think tank wants to have bench strength for the ODI World Cup 2027 on South Africa soil.

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Prince wicketless in Jaipur

After getting selected in the ODI squad, Prince had a wicketless evening at Sawai Mansingh Stadium on May 19. Introduced in the sixth over by skipper Rishabh Pant, he was hit for a six and two fours by RR opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. He returned to bowl in the 11th over and Sooryavanshi hit him for two consecutive sixes. He made a good comeback in slog overs. After a four-run over, he conceded a six against Dhruv Jurel in the penultimate over. From his quota of four overs, he went for 43 runs.

In the ongoing season, Prince is joint sixth-highest wicket-taker. From 13 games, he has 16 wickets at an average of 26.68. His economy rate is 8.71 runs per over.