Krunal Pandya

Krunal Pandya
કૃણાલ પંડયા
Personal information
Full name Krunal Himanshu Pandya
Born (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
Relations Hardik Pandya (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–present Baroda
2016–present Mumbai Indians (squad no. 24)
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Krunal Himanshu Pandya (born 24 March 1991) is an Indian cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He plays for Baroda and India A in domestic cricket, and for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He is the elder brother of Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya.[1]

Career

Domestic cricket

Pandya made his first-class debut on 6 October 2016, playing for Baroda during the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy tournament.[2] Within the next few months, he became the Leading Run Scorer and Leading Wicket taker for Baroda in 2016-17 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He Scored 366 runs in 8 matches, making for an average of 45.75 and strike rate of 81.33. This included three Half Centuries, and his highest score was 78 runs. In bowling, he took 11 Wickets in 8 matches with Economy Rate of 4.82, an Average of 25.09 and strike rate of 31.10. His best bowling score during the eight matches was 4/20. In 2017 he featured in an India A tri-series victory over South Africa A and Afghanistan A.

He was the leading run-scorer for Baroda in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 366 runs in eight matches.[3]

Indian Premier League

At the 2016 IPL auction, Mumbai Indians purchased him for ₹2 crore. He made his IPL debut in April 2016, playing against Gujarat Lions at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. In bowling, his first wicket came with the dismissal of Dinesh Karthik, caught in the deep by Harbhajan Singh. He finished bowling his first match with figures of 1/20 in 4 overs. In batting, he scored 20 runs out of 11 balls, which included three boundaries (fours). His debut match was thus a creditable success.

He scored 86 from 37 balls and took the wicket of Quinton De Kock and Zaheer Khan and was declared to be the Man of the Match against Delhi Daredevils at ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam. He continued to produce consistent performances with the bat and ball throughout the tournament. He was adjudged to be the Man of the Match for his performance of 47 in a final victory against Rising Pune Supergiant.

In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auction.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "IPL 2015 - Hardik Pandya is a man for the future". IBN Live. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ranji Trophy, Group A: Baroda v Gujarat at Jaipur, Oct 6-9, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2016/17 - Baroda: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "List of sold and unsold players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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