RCB all-rounder Krunal Pandya has questioned Dinesh Karthik, who was instrumental in RCB’s big win against MI at the Wankhede Stadium, for ignoring the bowlers’ wickets despite his brilliant spells.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru is the defending champion in this season of IPL, and they are currently placed third in the IPL points table. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, have failed to win their opening matches despite some good performances at the top.
So far, RCB has managed to win three of their four matches and are placed third on the points table, while MI have slipped to eighth.
Krunal Pandya reacts to Dinesh Karthik leaving pictures of RCB bowlers in match-winning post
Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya has been playing an important role for Royal Challengers Bangalore since the last season of IPL. He has also been playing an important role this season, especially with the ball.
After their latest win against Mumbai Indians, RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik posted pictures from the match in his celebratory social media post after the match. However, he did not upload any bowling moment photo.
Dinesh Karthik captioned the post with pictures of captain Rajat Patidar, “Taking 3 points at home “, along with an animated image of a salt dispenser depicting Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Tim David and a group of RCB players, with no mention of Pandya or any other bowler’s spell.
RCB spinner Krunal Pandya claimed that it was unfair to the bowlers as he made the statement online through his comments on Dinesh Karthik’s Instagram post. “Brother, no bowler posts?” Pandya asked the question.
Krunal Pandya and Suryash Sharma brought important successes to RCB
RCB won the game and the spinners played a vital role as they provided early successes to the team. Suyyash Sharma took the wicket of Ryan Rickelton, who was looking good at the top of the MI batting order.
The left-handed South African batsman was dismissed on the very first ball by the RCB leg spinner, who bowled the ball up. The other left-handed batsman, Tilak Verma, was out after two balls in the same over.
In the end, Krunal Pandya strengthened RCB’s grip on the game by taking the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav. He broke the third wicket partnership between Suryakumar and Hardik Pandya which brought MI back into the game. He ended his economical spell by conceding only 26 runs and taking one wicket.
In contrast to MI’s inconsistent performance, RCB batsmen wreaked havoc at Wankhede Stadium
Under the leadership of Dinesh Karthik, Royal Challengers Bangalore have had some great seasons. RCB’s opening pair of Virat Kohli and Phil Salt wreaked havoc at Wankhede and Salt announced his return to form by playing a brilliant innings.
Salt was also given the Player of the Match award for his innings of 78 runs in just 36 balls. Captain Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli also scored half-centuries. The captain was set for a big score before Tim David gave a fitting end to his innings.
Mumbai batsmen, who set out to chase a big target of 240, could not make a very good start; However, short innings from Pandya, Suryakumar and Rickelton laid the foundation upon which Sherfane Rutherford tried to flex his muscles on RCB’s bowling unit. However, the carnage began after MI lost their grip on the game and they lost the game by 18 runs.
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