During Sunday, April 20, Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s match at the Mullanpur Cricket Stadium, Krunal Pandya dismissed both of Punjab Kings’ openers. The first innings saw the departure of Priyansh Arya in the fifth over and Prabhsimran Singh in the seventh.
Krunal Pandya second delivery resulted in Priyansh’s wicket. Krunal’s stock delivery,
Which came from about, slanted across the left-handed batter who was watching for a slog across the line. Tim David was hit by the ball at mid-off after it sliced off the bat’s outside half.
The first ball of Krunal’s second over was again hit to David, this time at long-on. It was fired in full and straight by Krunal, and Prabhsimran, batting on 33, looked to launch the ball down the ground. However, he couuldn’t generate the required elevation as the tall Australian ended up reverse-cupping the ball.
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RCB chose to field first after winning the toss earlier in the afternoon. As Shreyas Iyer declared that the home team would stick with their current lineup, RCB substituted Romario Shepherd for Liam Livingstone, an English all-rounder who was not playing well.
When the two teams faced off at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium a few days prior, PBKS won the rain-shortened match by five wickets and eleven deliveries remaining. David’s undefeated 50 off 26 and two catches earned him Player of the Match in a losing cause.