Krunal Pandya is an Indian cricketer who plays for the team India. Krunal Pandya was born on Mar 24, 1991; and as of 2024, he is 33 years old. Krunal Pandya is an all-rounder from Ahmedabad who bats left-handed and bowls orthodox. In Krunal Pandya’s ODI career, he has played 5 matches to date in his ODI career and has scored 130 runs, with an average of 65. Krunal Pandya has hit 11 fours and 2 sixes in his ODI career. One of his recent ODI matches took place in Jul 2021 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he contributed 35 runs off 54 balls.
Krunal Pandya has played 19 matches to date in his T20 career and has scored 124 runs, with an average of 25. Krunal Pandya has hit 8 fours and 6 sixes in his T20 career.In his most recent T20 match against Sri Lanka at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, which took place in Jul 2021, Krunal Pandya contributed 3 runs off 3 balls to his team’s total.
He made his IPL debut in 2016. Krunal Pandy a has played 113 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 1514 runs , with an average of 21.94. He has also slammed 1 half century, with his highest IPL score being 86 runs. Krunal Pandya has hit 136 fours and 56 sixes in his IPL career.In the IPL Auction 2024, the Lucknow franchise acquired the services of Krunal Pandya for Rs 8.25 Cr .On May 2023, he played his last IPL match against Mumbai at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India, scoring 8 runs off 11 balls.
Krunal Pandya Biography
| Full name | Krunal Himanshu Pandya |
| Nick Name | Krunal |
| Date of Birth/DOB/ age | Mar 24, 1991 (33 years) |
| Birth Place | Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Pisces |
| Profession | Indian Cricketer (All Rounder) |
| Country | India |
| Cricket Role | Allrounder |
| Father name | Himanshu Pandya (Businessman; died of cardiac arrest on 16 January 2021) |
| Mother name | Not Known |
| Married | Married |
| Spouse or Girlfriend | Pankhuri Sharma (Model) |
| Children | On 24 July 2022, Krunal Pandya and his wife Pankhuri Sharma announced the birth of their baby boy, Kavir Krunal Pandya |
| Education Qualification | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Current Residence | Baroda, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Batting Style | Left hand Bat |
| Bowling Style | Slow Left arm Orthodox |
| Domestic Cricket debut | |
| International Debut | Test– N/A ODI– 23 March 2021 vs England at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune T20– 26 January 2016 vs Australia in Adelaide |
| Teams | Mumbai Indians, Baroda, India Blue, India A, India, Lucknow Super Giants, Warwickshire |
Krunal Pandya Physical Statistics
| Height | in centimeters- 1.80 cm in meters- 1.80 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 10” |
| Weight | in Kilograms- 65 kg in Pounds- 143 lbs |
| Body Measurements (approx.) | – Chest: 38 Inches – Waist: 30 inches – Biceps: 13 Inches |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
Krunal Pandya Profile
Krunal Pandya, an allrounder and brother of Hardik Pandya, was drawn to the game as a result of his father Himanshu, taking his sons to the stadium in Vadodara when the cricket carnival came to town. The brothers started training at Kiran More’s academy in the city. Krunal, who is seen as a limited-overs specialist, has played 4 List-A games and 15 T20s for Baroda. However, he hasn’t played since March 2015 due to a labral tear in his shoulder that required surgery. He did get picked up in the IPL auction by Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crores.
Krunal Pandya remains one of the most sought-after names in the IPL. Left-handed and hard-hitting with the bat, added to his left-arm spin puts him in a similar league of lower-order all-rounders, as that of his younger brother, Hardik Pandya.
Hailing from Vadodara, Krunal’s first brush with cricket came at Kiran More’s academy in the city. He soon became popular in the local cricketing circles for his ability to hit the big sixes, forming a partnership with Hardik that reminded the cricket-watching folks in the city of the Pathan brothers. In 2016, despite not having made his first-class debut yet, the Mumbai Indians’ talent scouts spotted his talent and the franchise went after him aggressively to bag him for two crores.
He repaid the faith thrust on him immediately, with a stunning knock of 86 off just 37 deliveries against Delhi Daredevils. In the following season, he came into his own – with vital runs and wickets very consistently – to become one of Mumbai’s most utility players of the season. This included a Man of the Match effort in the final. 2017’s IPL though was only a culmination of a good domestic season, where he emerged as Baroda’s leading run-getter and wicket-taker in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The selectors were quick to notice and called him up for India A’s tri-series against South Africa A and Afghanistan A. The true reflection of his stocks however came at the 2018 IPL auctions, where teams took his price up 22 times from his base price to a whopping 8.8 crores, which the Mumbai Indians were happy to use their ‘Right To Match’ card for.
Given India’s quest to find a settled all-rounder for the number six spot in ODIs, Krunal offers a potent choice, especially ahead of the 2019 World Cup. The national selectors too seemed to have him in the frame, awarding him with a T20I cap against the touring Windies in October, 2018 and he impressed immediately with his cricketing brain to out-think his opponents – as evidenced in his second series, a tour to Australia, where he came back with a four-fer in a Man of the Match performance after being carted around for 55 runs in the earlier match.
IPL through the years
Would Krunal Pandya be the same recognizable force he is today, if not for that belligerent 86 off 37 balls against Delhi Daredevils that shot him to the limelight in his debut IPL season in 2016? Would his bowling carry the same weight, if he hadn’t had the wood over a genius like AB de Villiers in their IPL duels? Highly doubtful. But there’s no doubting the impact that the left-handed all-rounder has had in the Mumbai Indians set-up.
Picked for an eye-catching INR 2 crores in the IPL auctions at a time when he was a relative unknown, Krunal soon managed to carve his own identity in a team where his younger brother, Hardik Pandya, was already an India international. He finished his maiden season in 2016 with 237 runs from 9 innings at a strike-rate of 191.12, while doing a reasonable job with his left-arm spin.
His bowling had become a lot more tactful as he proved to be difficult to hit in the 2017 season, and went at under 7 an over in the 13 matches he played. One of those matches was the final against Pune Supergiant, in which Krunal delivered a Man of the Match performance with the bat, scoring 47 to lift a reeling Mumbai from 79/7 to a score of 129 which eventually proved enough.
The value Krunal brought to the team was recognized in the 2018 auctions where Mumbai exercised their RTM card for INR 8.8 crores, and although his performance in the following season wasn’t spectacular, it was very reliable yet again with an economy of just over 7 with the ball, and a strike-rate of 145.22 with the bat.
Krunal Pandya Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 5 | 4 | 2 | 130 | 58* | 65.00 | 128 | 101.56 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| T20Is | 19 | 10 | 5 | 124 | 26* | 24.80 | 95 | 130.52 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| FC | 9 | 17 | 0 | 486 | 160 | 28.58 | 746 | 65.14 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| List A | 84 | 79 | 12 | 2424 | 133* | 36.17 | 2826 | 85.77 | 2 | 13 | 243 | 48 | 25 | 0 |
| T20s | 184 | 152 | 45 | 2576 | 86 | 24.07 | 1954 | 131.83 | 0 | 8 | 222 | 90 | 70 | 0 |
Bowling
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 5 | 5 | 228 | 223 | 2 | 1/26 | 1/26 | 111.50 | 5.86 | 114.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 19 | 19 | 410 | 554 | 15 | 4/36 | 4/36 | 36.93 | 8.10 | 27.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 9 | 12 | 695 | 369 | 14 | 4/40 | 6/59 | 26.35 | 3.18 | 49.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 84 | 80 | 3810 | 3142 | 101 | 6/41 | 6/41 | 31.10 | 4.94 | 37.7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| T20s | 184 | 174 | 3334 | 4018 | 131 | 4/15 | 4/15 | 30.67 | 7.23 | 25.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Krunal Pandya IPL Auction Price History
Year | Price | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8.80 Cr | Mumbai |
| 2019 | 8.80 Cr | Mumbai |
| 2020 | 8.80 Cr | Mumbai |
| 2021 | 8.80 Cr | Mumbai |
| 2022 | 8.25 Cr | Lucknow |
| 2023 | 8.25 Cr | Lucknow |
| 2024 | 8.25 Cr | Lucknow |
Krunal Pandya’s Social Media Accounts
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| Krunal Pandya (@krunalpandya24) | |
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Some Lesser-Known Facts About Krunal Pandya
- Does Krunal Pandya smoke?: No (Quit)
- Does Krunal Pandya drink alcohol?: No
- Krunal is the elder brother of Hardik Pandya.
- They were the first brothers ever to play in an IPL match for the same team in IPL 9 of 2016.
- He is a good friend of Pathan brothers (Irfan and Yusuf Pathan).
- Mumbai Indians bought Hardik Pandya for the first time in 10 lakhs (INR), whereas he was bought by them for 2 crores (INR) i.e. 20 times more money than his brother.
- His father sacrificed a lot for his cricket career as he shifted from Surat to Barada just for him.
- Kiran More helped him and his brother Hardik a lot by not charging any fee from him for the first 3 years in his academy.
- He plays the first-class cricket for Baroda cricket team.
