IPL 2022: Krunal Pandya dismissed his former captain Rohit Sharma and good friend Kieron Pollard in Lucknow’s 36-run win over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Thank God, I got Kieron Pollard out, he will speak less now – Krunal Pandya (Courtesy of BCCI/PTI)
During this many small battles were played between former teammates. Mumbai Indians lost by 36 runs For Lucknow Super Giants in Match 37 of IPL 2022 at Wankhede Stadium. Kunal Pandya and Quinton de Kock went up against their former team, which returned to the Wankhede Stadium for the first time in 3 years.
While Quinton de Kock fell early to his former teammate Jasprit Bumrah after Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl, Kunal Pandya stepped up and delivered with the ball despite failing with the bat for Lucknow Super Giants. Krunal fell for 1 for his former teammate and good friend Kieron Pollard, who stepped up with the ball to figures 2/8. De Kock fell for 10 runs at the hands of Bumrah, but KL Rahul’s brilliant century on a difficult batting pitch helped Lucknow score 168.
Krunal Pandya, however, returned the favor and avenged his dismissal by taking the wicket of Kieron Pollard after being handed the responsibility of bowling the final over. In his first over, Krunal dismissed his former captain Rohit, which shifted the momentum in Lucknow’s favour.
he will speak less
In a cheeky message to his former teammate, Krunal said that he was relieved after the recently retired West Indies all-rounder got the wicket of Pollard after getting his wicket. Actually, Pollard came out in a cheeky manner after getting the wicket of Pandya at a slow pace in the Lucknow innings.
Regarding Pollard, Krunal said, “I was very thankful that I got his wicket or else he would have eaten my mind for the rest of my life because he got me out and now it is 1-1, at least he will speak less.”
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Mumbai’s target was over before the start of the 20th over as they needed 39 runs for it. Young Tilak Verma was fighting a lone battle to the death but he was dismissed for 38 for 27 in the 18th over.
Pollard struggled to get those big hits in a scintillating final over bowled by Dushmantha Chamira. Krunal did this before bowling his final over, but he did his best, getting the wickets of Pollard, who made just 19 off 20 balls, and Daniel Sams in the final over before Jaydev Unadkat was run out.
terrible knock
Also, Krunal heaped praise on skipper Rahul, who hit 2 sixes and 12 fours in a lone warrior effort that helped Lucknow take the fourth spot with their 5th win in 8 matches.
He said, “It was a great innings that led from the front and took us to a respectable score, so all the credit goes to him (KL Rahul). I didn’t know how the wicket was going. When we batted, So KL was mentioning that the wicket was stalling a bit so we tried to bowl at a slower pace and hit that difficult length for the new batsmen.”
Lucknow will look to consolidate their place in the top 4 when they next take on Punjab Kings after a break of 4 days on 29 April.