After IPL 2025 win, Krunal Pandya reveals telephone chat with brother Hardik Pandya | Cricket News

Krunal Pandya (BCCI/IPL Photo)

NEW DELHI: Krunal Pandya delivered a Player of the Match efficiency to information Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.Picked up by RCB for Rs 5.75 crore within the IPL 2025 mega public sale, Krunal introduced out his full arsenal, refusing to let Punjab Kings acquire management throughout their chase.His spell of two for 17, which included the essential wickets of Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis, proved to be a game-changer and performed a key position in RCB’s six-run victory.Krunal later revealed that he had set his intentions clearly with the franchise throughout his very first dialog — he was there to win trophies — and he made good on that promise with a match-defining efficiency.“When we batted, we realised the slower you bowl, the better it is. In this format, you need guts to do it. I just backed myself and thought I’d vary my pace and keep it on the slower side more often. My biggest strength has been to learn what the situation requires. I knew I had to be brave to get wickets tonight. Thought I’d do that by bowling slow. If you’d have bowled quick, it’d have been a good wicket. But if you mixed it up, it was tougher. Pitch actually got easier in the second innings,” mentioned Krunal whereas gathering the POTM trophy.“Have enjoyed my time with RCB so far. I told them on day one that I like to win trophies. I told Hardik too that the Pandya household will have nine trophies in 11 years,” he added.

Krunal now has 4 IPL titles to his title — three with Mumbai Indians — and Tuesday’s efficiency marked the second time he has gained the Player of the Match award in an IPL ultimate. The first got here in 2017, when he scored 47 off 38 balls to assist Mumbai Indians defeat the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant.