Follow UsRoyal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) spinner Krunal Pandya is not an ‘orthodox’ spinner in any sense of the term. While he doesn’t turn the ball or even try to deliver it like a classic left-arm spinner, he uses many variations to create the surprise factor that eventually brings him wickets.
RCB was under pressure after being made to bat first against the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede. While the batters did a very good job and notched up 221/5 on the board, no total is safe at the Wankhede, which is a chasing haven.
In the chase, MI lost two wickets for 38 in the fourth over, and after that, Will Jacks and Suryakumar Yadav batted well to put MI in a good position to chase the target by building a platform.
They had done a decent job to be at 79/2 in 9.3 overs, but that’s when Pandya dished out a surprise bouncer to Jacks, who hit it straight towards Virat Kohli at backward square leg and was caught out. The delivery came as a surprise to Jacks and all he could do was pull it straight to the fielder.