Krunal Pandya spun his web against his former team and bowled a brilliant final over, which left Hardik and Rohit in agony while Kohli roared in ecstasy.
wavyyy haayeeee wavyyyyy pic.twitter.com/vulZwJy2Lr
— . (@kohlislays) March 11, 2025
– Agony for Hardik Pandya and Rohit.
– Ecstacy for Virat Kohli.WHAT A FRAME. 🥶 pic.twitter.com/FYkO6lttQ3
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 7, 2025
Kohli returned to form and scored a fine half-century where he took on the MI bowlers, including returning Jasprit Bumrah, to help RCB cross the 200-run mark. His 67-run knock was laced with 8 fours and 2 sixes. On the other hand, Hardik led his team’s fightback with the bat and smashed 42 runs off just 15 balls at a strike rate of 280 to take the game closer, but his wicket in the penultimate over, turned the tide completely in RCB’s favour.
Krunal Pandya gets the job done
Meanwhile, Krunal held his nerve to bowl the final over when Mumbai needed 19 runs but lost three wickets including two on the first two balls. The left-arm spinner returned figures of 4-45 in Bengaluru’s third win in four matches.
Earlier, former MI skipper Rohit Sharma flopped once again with the bat and was outfoxed by Rohit Sharma for 17 in the second over itself.
Hardik (42) and left-handed Tilak Varma (56) put on 89 runs to turn on the heat with fours and sixes. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Varma and then Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took down Pandya for his second wicket in the 19th over to derail the chase.
The article originally appeared on Hindustan Times.
