New Delhi: Krunal Pandya delivered a game player to guide the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in their first title of the Indian Premier (IPL) at the Narendra Modi stadium on Tuesday.Picked up by RCB for Rs 5.75 crores in the mega auction IPL 2025, Krunal released his full arsenal, refusing to let Punjab Kings take control during their prosecution.His fate of 2 for 17, which included the crucial counters of Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis, turned out to change the situation and played a key role in the six -point victory of the RCB.Krunal later revealed that he had clearly established his intentions with the franchise during his very first conversation – he was there to win trophies – and he made this promise with a performance defining the match.“When we hit, we realized more than you have the next day. was harder.“I appreciated my time with RCB so far. I told them the first day that I like to win trophies. I also told Hardik that Pandya’s house would have nine trophies in 11 years,” he added.
Krunal now has four IPL titles in his name – three with the Mumbai Indians – and Tuesday’s performance has marked the second time he won the match of the match of the match in an IPL final. The first arrived in 2017, when he scored 47 out of 38 balls to help the Mumbai Indians to defeat the supergiant Pune Rising Pune.