NEW DELHI: Krunal Pandya delivered a Participant of the Match efficiency to information Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.Picked up by RCB for Rs 5.75 crore within the IPL 2025 mega public sale, Krunal introduced out his full arsenal, refusing to let Punjab Kings achieve management throughout their chase.His spell of two for 17, which included the essential wickets of Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis, proved to be a game-changer and performed a key position in RCB’s six-run victory.Krunal later revealed that he had set his intentions clearly with the franchise throughout his very first dialog — he was there to win trophies — and he made good on that promise with a match-defining efficiency.“Once we batted, we realised the slower you bowl, the higher it’s. On this format, you want guts to do it. I simply backed myself and thought I would fluctuate my tempo and hold it on the slower facet extra usually. My largest energy has been to study what the state of affairs requires. I knew I needed to be courageous to get wickets tonight. Thought I would do this by bowling gradual. In case you’d have bowled fast, it’d have been a superb wicket. However in case you combined it up, it was more durable. Pitch truly acquired simpler within the second innings,” mentioned Krunal whereas amassing the POTM trophy.“Have loved my time with RCB up to now. I informed them on day one which I wish to win trophies. I informed Hardik too that the Pandya family can have 9 trophies in 11 years,” he added.

Krunal now has 4 IPL titles to his identify — three with Mumbai Indians — and Tuesday’s efficiency marked the second time he has received the Participant of the Match award in an IPL closing. The primary got here in 2017, when he scored 47 off 38 balls to assist Mumbai Indians defeat the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant.