Why did Krunal Pandya not get player of the match? (PC-PTI)

Krunal Pandya IPL 2026: Krunal Pandya's name is on the lips of every cricket fan today. Be that as it may, this RCB all-rounder has done just that. Krunal Pandya played an inning of 73 runs in 46 balls against Mumbai Indians and on the basis of his strong performance, Bengaluru won the match on the last ball. However, after the end of the match, there was some injustice with Krunal Pandya. Actually, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was chosen as the hero of victory in this match, which was a bit surprising. Let us tell you why Krunal Pandya should have got this title.

Why injustice to Krunal Pandya?

Krunal Pandya Why is K's 73 runs heavier than Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 4 wickets? And the reason why Krunal Pandya deserves to be the player of the match is because of the match conditions. Bhuvneshwar Kumar showed the way to the pavilion to four batsmen of Mumbai Indians. He took important wickets of Ryan Rickleton, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. He also hit a six in the last over at the last moment, which changed the course of the match, but the thing to be noted here was that the pitch of Raipur was bowling friendly and on this pitch, Krunal Pandya batted excellently. This player hit five sixes and four fours in his innings. The big thing is that Krunal Pandya scored runs at such a time when players like Virat Kohli, Padikkal, Captain Patidar, Tim David failed.

Excellent batting despite injury

Krunal Pandya also got injured during his innings. Deepak Chahar's short ball hit his stomach and during this the muscle of his legs also got stretched. After this, it was becoming difficult for him to even walk but despite this, Krunal decided to stay on the pitch. In the 18th over, Krunal Pandya hit a six on the third ball of Allah Ghazanfar. Krunal did the same thing with the fifth ball also. But he was out on the last ball. But in the end only RCB won. The team won the match on the last ball.

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