Krunal Pandya
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Krunal Himanshu Pandya (born 24 March 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Baroda in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He is the elder brother of Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya. At the 2016 IPL auction, Mumbai Indians contracted him for ₹2 crore.
In April 2016, he made his Indian Premier League debut against Gujarat Lions at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. His first wicket came via the dismissal of Dinesh Karthik caught in the deep by Harbhajan Singh. He finished his first match with figures of 1 for 20 from 4 overs and also scored 20 runs out of 11 balls hitting three fours
He won a Man of the Match against Delhi Daredevils at ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam because of scoring 86 from 37 balls and taking the wicket of Quinton De Kock and Zaheer Khan . This man certainly had a good Debut in Indian Premier League 2016.
He made his first-class debut for Baroda in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 6 October 2016.