For cricketers, it’s the wedding season. Recently, Indian fast bowler Chetan Sakaria got married and now Indian-origin batsman Prerak Mankad has got married. Prerak, who is a part of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024, married his girlfriend Kinjal. The wedding photo of both was shared through the social media of Lucknow Super Giants. Many cricketers from Lucknow were seen in the picture along with Prerak and his wife.
Lucknow’s star fast bowler Mayank Yadav is also seen in the shared picture. Apart from this, Jitesh Sharma of Punjab Kings and Yash Thakur of Lucknow are also seen in the picture. During this, Mayank Yadav was seen in a coat suit, while the rest of the players were seen in traditional dress.
Made IPL debut in 2022
Let us tell you that Prerak Mankad made his IPL debut in 2022. He played his debut match for Punjab Kings. Then in 2023, Lucknow signed him at a base price of 20 lakhs. In 2024, he was a part of Lucknow. In 2022, Prerak got a chance to play only 1 match in the IPL, in which he scored 4 runs. Apart from this, in 2023, he played 5 matches, in which he scored 93 runs at an average of 31. During this, 1 half-century also came out of his bat. At the same time, Prerak did not get a chance to play a single match in the 2024 season.
Plays domestic cricket for Saurashtra
Prerak is an experienced cricketer in terms of domestic cricket, who plays for Saurashtra. He has played 54 first class, 60 List-A and 47 T20 matches so far. In 87 first class innings he scored 2511 runs at an average of 33.03 which included 3 centuries and 15 half-centuries and took 49 wickets while bowling in 74 innings. Apart from this he scored 1667 runs in 53 List-A innings at an average of 35.46. During this he scored 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries and took 48 wickets in bowling. In the remaining 42 T20 innings he scored 970 runs at an average of 30.31 and a strike rate of 141.19 which included 8 centuries and took 22 wickets while bowling.
