LSG pacer Mayank Yadav has aleady grabbed eyeballs with his fiery pace in just two games of IPL 2024. The 21-year-old’s mother reveals that the bowler turned vegetarian, adding that non-veg food did not suit his body. She also reveals that Yadav had given up non-vegetarian food and was on a vegetarian diet for the last two years.
Veg diet behind Mayank Yadav’s secret to success
“Mayank has just turned vegetarian. Earlier, he used to eat non-veg food. He has been eating vegetarian food for the last 2 years. Whatever he has been asking us to make, based on his diet chart, we would make for him. He wouldn’t eat anything special, dal, roti, rice, milk, veggies, etc,” Mayank’s mother Mamta told Aaj Tak.
“He said that non-veg food wasn’t suiting his body much. He told us about two reasons. First was he started to believe in Lord Krishna, that could be one of the reasons too. We didn’t force him to reveal why he quit non-veg food. He said whatever I was doing, was good for his game and his body,” his mother revealed.
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Talking on The Brett Lee podcast, Akhtar said, “The heroes we have, the food, environment and attitude. At the same time, you have people like me who are full of energy.”
Talking about the diet, he added, “You become what you eat. We as a nation eats lots of animals and we end up being like animals. When it comes to express bowling, we run like Lions. India have quality fast bowlers but they lack aggression. That attitude ‘I am going to kill you.’ I think it is due to food and environment.”