Krunal Pandya is the brother of Hardik Pandya and the Pandya brothers have made a number of headlines while playing cricket. During the IPL auction in 2016, Mumbai Indians picked Krunal Pandya for Rs. 2 cores and since then, he has become one of the most important players of the team. A year later in 2017, he helped Mumbai Indians to win the IPL trophy marking his first trophy with Mumbai Indians. During that match, he won the Player of the Match award.
Before joining Lucknow Super Giants, he won three IPL titles with Mumbai Indians. Ahead of IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru picked Krunal Pandya for Rs. 5.75 crores. Over the years Krunal Pandya has been impactful for teams which he played in for the IPL.
1. 86(37) vs DC, Visakhapatnam in IPL 2016
During his debut season Mumbai Indians were facing Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians were asked to bat first. Delhi Capitals got their first breakthrough as Rohit Sharma. Coming to bat one down Krunal Pandya showed his batting skills to the team. He scored 86 runs from 37 balls as he smashed 6 sixes and 7 fours. With he picked two wickets. However, MI won the match and Krunal Pandya was awarded with Man of the Match award.
2. 3/11 vs GT in IPL 2024
Lucknow Super Giants were facing Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024. During that game, LSG posted a total of 163 runs for Gujarat Titans. In reply to the chase Gujarat Titans’ innings were bundled on 130 runs. In that game, Krunal Pandya picked three wickets and gave 11 runs as LSG won the match. However, Krunal Pandya’s performance was overshadowed as Yash Thakur picked his career-best bowling in IPL.
3. 3/14 (4) vs Gujarat Lions in IPL 2017
When Mumbai Indians faced Gujarat Lions in 2017 the game went to super over in which Mumbai Indians won the game. Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first Gujarat Lions reached the score of 159 runs as Krunal Pandya picked 3 wickets and gave only 14 runs in four overs. He also scored 29 runs with bat as the game was thriller.
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