Krunal Pandya highlights two key turning points in Royal Challengers Bengaluru first home win in IPL 2025 – Cricket Country

Written by Sruti Thakur
Published: Apr 25, 2025, 07:56 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 25, 2025, 07:57 PM (IST)
After Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) at their home ground of M Chinnaswamy Stadium, ending their three-match home jinx, RCB’s all-rounder Krunal Pandya had two little key things to say which he believed were importnat in their victory.

With Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal scoring valuable fifties and the duo of Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal saving the match with the last two overs, helped RCB end their three-match losing spree at home, securing a thriller 11 run victory over RR, who lost their fifth consecutive and seventh overall defeat this season.

Talking in the changing room according to a video shared by RCB’s X handle, Krunal also credited Phil Salt’s composed knock of 26 in 23 deliveries, which included four boundaries. The hit was at a strike rate of slightly more than 113, and spectators got to see a more composed version of Salt. It did not go in vain as he formed a 61-run partnership with Virat Kohli in 6.4 overs.
“Sometimes what happens is that you always highlight the performance which is quite evident and visible but what I felt is that in powerplay to get 6 overs, 56 runs, though we always are used to watching Salty (Salt) scoring at a strike rate of 180-200 but again to stitch that partnership in that phase, those 24 (26) runs for me watching was so crucial to lay that platform and then obviously what Virat and Dev (Devdutt Padikkal) did was we spoke about but again for me those small things matters a lot,” said Krunal.
Krunal also highlighted a significant contribution by England all-rounder Jacob Bethell, playing as a substitute fielder. In the ninth over, when RR had reached the 100-run mark, Bethell defended two runs for his team against a boundary smashed by Nitish Rana and saved two runs for his team with a spectacular dive.
“Jacob again coming out and fielding and diving, saving two runs, you know (team claps),” he added.
RCB is currently at the third position in the points table with six victories and three defeats, earning them 12 points. RR is eighth with two wins and seven defeats. They have lost their fifth consecutive game.
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