Who is Krunal Pandya

Krunal Pandya is an Indian professional cricketer who is well known for playing for teams such as Baroda, from 2012, and Mumbai India, from 2016. He started his career with his older brother, Hardik Pandya, who was also a professional cricketer and made his first class.

Made his debut for Baroda on October 6, 2016, in the Ranji Trophy tournament in the 2016–2017 season. Soon after his debut, and at the beginning of 2017, Krunal became the highest player and wicket taker, especially in the Vijay Hazare Trophy competition at the same time.

Start of his cricket career

October 6, 2016 was when Krunal entered the stadium to play competitive cricket for the first time. He played for Baroda in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy. Krunal made a name for himself within a few months and became the top scorer and wicket taker for Baroda in the 2016-17 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Although the opportunity to share the Indian dressing room with his brother Hardik is still missing, Krunal featured in the India A squad for the 2018-19 Deodhar Trophy. He slowly rose to the heights of success and was named the Baroda captain for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-2020.

International Carrer

Krunal made his international debut as part of the Indian T20I squad against West Indies and Australia.

He took a wicket and scored 21 runs in 9 balls in his first match. He won the player of the match award for his bowling against Australia in Game 3.

In March 2021, Krunal was named in India’s ODI squad for their series against England, and on 23 March 2021 he made his ODI debut against England, scoring 58 paces.

IPL

Krunal also had success in the IPL as one of the most successful teams, Mumbai Indians, bought him for Rs. 2 crores in the auction of 2016. He played his first match with Lions from Gujarat to Wankhede. In the same year, the match against Delhi Daredevils brought out the best in Krunal as he was voted Man of the Match for his innings of 86 off 37 balls and the wickets of Quinton De Kock and Zaheer Khan.

Facts about Krunal Pandya

• Krunal Pandya is an Indian cricketer who plays for Baroda in domestic cricket and Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. He plays like an all-rounder who bats with his left hand and plays the slow orthodox left arm. He was born on March 24, 1991 to Himanshu Pandya and Nalini Pandya in Choryasi village in Surat, Gujarat. His younger brother Hardik Pandya is also an international cricketer. He studied high schools and vadi and abandoned the school to focus on her cricket service.
• During the IPP of the 2016 Action, of Mici Indian bought it for 2 STERG. The Pandya brothers became the first brother team to play in an IPL match in 2016.
• Krunal Pandya married Pankhuri Sharma on December 27, 2017. In the IPL 2018 auction, he was bought again by Mumbai Indians for ₹8.8 crore.
• He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team on November 4, 2018 in a T20I match against West Indies in Kolkata. He took 1 wicket after conceding only 15 runs in his 4 overs and scored an unbeaten 21 from 9 balls. India won the match by 5 runs. It made it private for her for India 23, 2022 against England and pune. It run 58 running on 31 balls. The fifty was the fastest half-century by a cricketer on his ODI debut, coming from 26 balls.
• In 2021, cricketer Deepak Hooda withdrew the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and wrote a letter to the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) accusing Krunal Pandya of using “abusive language” and “threatening to end his career”. \ “This time I was discouraged, discouraged and troubles. The team says to sign the Vadacka games. Today I am training in the net and doing my preparation for tomorrow’s match by the head coach Mr.Prabhkar. Then Krunal came into the net and started misbehaving (badly) with me. I told him that I was doing my preparation with the Head coach’s permission. He said “I’m the captain, who’s the head coach?” I am the leader of the Baroda team. Then he stopped my behavior by showing his Dada Giri. He threatened me (saying) how can you play Baroda. I have never seen such a negative situation in my cricket career till date,” Hooda wrote. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for 8.25 crores in 2022 IPL Auction.
• His father, Himanshu Pandya had a small car finance business in Surat which was forced to close due to financial problems. He moved to Vadodara and enrolled his two sons, Hardik and Krunal in the Kiran More Cricket School. Himanshu Pandya died in January 2021 due to cardiac arrest. Kiran More calls the Pandya brothers “Maggi brothers” because they eat maggi to quench their hunger.

Krunal Pandya Net Worth

Krunal Pandya net worth is $2 million as of 2021 (About 15 crores in Indian Rupees). Pandya was retained by Mumbai Indians for an undisclosed fee. He earns most of his income from salaries and brand endorsements. Meanwhile, in the last 3 years, Krunal Pandya’s earnings have increased by 60-70%. On December 27, 2017, Krunal married Pankhuri Sharma.