Timesofindia.com in ahmedabad Bat, ball, or in the field, Krunal Pandya has always produced magic for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in this year’s IPL. Krunal was the engine on which the RCB team worked throughout the season, and it was a 34 -year -old man who played an important role in ending Bangalore’s long 18 -year waiting.Krunal took important wickets of Prabhasimran Singh and Josh Englandis and gave only 17 runs from their four over quota. He was introduced after the powerplay and squeezed the run -flow of Punjab Kings, Bowling 12 dot balls – which proved to be a gold dust for RCB in search of him for the first title.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Loan’s Seema Krunal admitted that six Josh Iglis hit the first ball of his third over, but he returned brilliantly in the next five balls, just one win. He changed his speed for flat, quick, and perfection, leaving the batsmen of the Punjab kings into the sea.Who is that IPL player?He said in the post -match performance, “When we batted in the first innings, I was sitting outside and talking with the batsmen. I realized that you bowl slowly, better, better,” he said in the post -match presentation.“But in this format, as a bowler, you need courage to do so because the margin of error is small. I just supported myself and thought that if I am able to separate my speed and keep it more on the slow side, I would just make opportunities instead of coming and firing it.
“Is my greatest strength, learning what the situation is needed. I have always supported my intestine and instinct. Even today, I realized that if I have to take some wickets, I would have to be brave. If you bowl early on that surface, it would have been a good batting wicket.Virat Kohli praised Krunal and called his spell game-changing in the final.“Krunal Pandya’s magic will be remembered for a long time. He made a difference in this final. ,
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Punjab King’s head coach Ricky Ponting said that this was the magic of Krunal where his team lost speed.Ponting told reporters after the match, “Krunal Pandya did an extraordinary job with the overs he bowled.”Referring to the brilliant spell of Krunal, he said, “The game started slipping around the 11th, 12th and 13th over, and the hole became very large.”Not only Ponting, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer also credited Krunal for his extraordinary bowling performance.Shreyas said, “He bowled brilliantly, especially Krunal. He has experienced a lot; he has done it for some time. I believe it was a twist.”
This was Krunal’s fourth IPL title, and he played an important role in winning two IPL finals.Interestingly, this was not the first time Krunal Pandya finalized an IPL on his head. In 2017, Krunal played an extraordinary 38-chandeline 47 in the low scoring final in Hyderabad, playing for Mumbai Indians against Rising Pune Super Junts. He now became the first player to win the Player of the Match Award in two IPL finals.Krunal finished the season with 17 wickets and 109 runs. But those numbers did not tell the full story of his contribution to RCB.Let’s jog the memory lane. On 27 April in New Delhi, Southpow was struggling. He was not going anywhere in his innings, Mitchell Starc was harassing him at the pace speed, and the enemy Chamera exploded him with a short ball. Krunal scored 28 runs and got completely stuck, in which RCB needed 84 for 46 runs.He scored 48 runs from his last 19 balls and won his team a comfortable win of six wickets, leaving nine balls.RCB’s head coach Andy Flower called him a big match player this season.“Krunal is a big-match player and a great contestant,” he said at a press conference.Indeed, Krunal is a warrior for RCB this season and in the best sense, “Man Friday” of Bengaluru.
