RCB all-rounder Krunal Pandya has questioned Dinesh Karthik for ignoring the bowlers’ pictures despite their standout spell, which had a crucial role to play in RCB’s massive win against MI at the Wankhede Stadium.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the defending champions in this season of the IPL, and they are currently placed in third position in the IPL points table. On the other hand, the Mumbai Indians have failed to win their initial matches despite having produced some good numbers at the top.
So far, RCB have managed to win three out of their four matches and are placed in the third position of the points table, with MI dropping to the eighth position.
Krunal Pandya reacts as Dinesh Karthik skips pictures of RCB bowlers in the post-match winning post
Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya has been playing a crucial role for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru since the last season of the IPL. He has been playing a crucial role this season as well, especially with the ball.
After their latest win against the Mumbai Indians, Dinesh Karthik, the RCB mentor, went on to post the pictures of the match in his post-match celebratory social media post. However, he did not upload a photo of any of the bowling moments.
“Taking 3 points back home ❤️🔥,” Dinesh Karthik captioned the post, with pictures of skipper Rajat Patidar, an animated image of a salt dispenser, indicating Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Tim David and one of a group of RCB players, with no mention of Pandya or any other bowler’s spell.
Krunal Pandya, the spinner from the RCB den, went on to claim that this was unfair for the bowlers as he made the statement online through his comments on Dinesh Karthik’s Instagram post. “Bro, no bowlers post?” Pandya questioned.
Krunal Pandya and Suryash Sharma handed crucial breakthroughs to RCB
RCB went on to win the game, and the spinners played a crucial role, as they handed the early breakthroughs to the team. Suyash Sharma picked the wickets of Ryan Rickelton, who was looking good at the top of the MI batting order.
The left-handed South African batter was dismissed on the very first ball by the RCB leg-spinner, who tossed the ball up. Tilak Varma, the other left-hander, was dismissed after two balls in the very same over.
Lastly, Krunal Pandya strengthened RCB’s grip on the game with the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav. He broke off the third-wicket partnership between Suryakumar and Hardik Pandya that crept MI back into the game. He finished his economic spell, giving away just 26 runs and picking up a wicket.
RCB batters wreak havoc at the Wankhede Stadium, unlike MI’s inconsistent show
Under Dinesh Karthik, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been having some spectacular seasons. The RCB opening duo of Virat Kohli and Phil Salt wreaked havoc at the Wankhede as Salt played a stunning knock, announcing his return to form.
Salt was also handed the player of the match award for his 78-run innings off just 36 balls. Rajat Patidar, the skipper, and Virat Kohli also scored half-centuries. The skipper had set the tone for a big score before Tim David gave the perfect finish to their innings.
Mumbai batters could not make a very promising start to chase a target as big as 240; however, Pandya, Suryakumar, and Rickelton’s short innings built the foundation over which Sherfane Rutherford tried to flex his muscles hard on the RCB bowling unit. However, the carnage started much after MI lost their grip on the game, and they ended up losing the game by 18 runs.
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