Krunal Pandya

Krunal Pandya

Royal Challengers Bengaluru · slow left arm orthodox · left-hand bat · All-rounder

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9
Matches
226
Runs
145.8
Strike Rate
37.7
Average
11
Sixes
1
Fifties
73
HS
14
Wickets
8.42
Economy
21.6
Bowl SR

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

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Powerplay (1–6)sub-floor
90
SR · 10 balls · 9 R
9 runs0 4s1 6s
Middle (7–15)
136.8
SR · 87 balls · 119 R
119 runs14 4s2 6s
Death (16–20)
167.9
SR · 56 balls · 94 R
94 runs5 4s8 6s
Powerplay (1–6) · Bowlingsub-floor
9.5
Economy · 12 balls · 0 wkts
19 runs0 wkts3 dots
Middle (7–15) · Bowling
7.87
Economy · 276 balls · 12 wkts
362 runs12 wkts66 dots
Death (16–20) · Bowling
13.6
Economy · 15 balls · 2 wkts
34 runs2 wkts3 dots

Krunal Pandya's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 3 wickets in 2 matches (econ 8.63).

Aggregated across 2 captured IPL 2026 fixtures against LSG.

MetricIPL 2026 best opponent (bowling)
Value3 wickets vs LSG
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

9 claims
Death-overs economy, IPL 2026
IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)
IPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Bowling economy in IPL 2026
8.4n=303 balls bowled · IPL 2026
Death-overs batting strike rate in IPL 2026
167.9n=56 death-overs balls faced · IPL 2026
Death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
13.6n=15 death-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026
Middle-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
7.9n=276 middle-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

5 claims
Royal Challengers Bengaluru appearance rank, IPL 2026
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
145.8n=155 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
226n=9 innings · IPL 2026
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
11n=9 innings · IPL 2026
Wickets in IPL 2026
14n=303 balls bowled · IPL 2026

P2Moments

3 claims
IPL 2026 best bowling in an innings
2/16n=1 innings (3.3 overs bowled) · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
1n=9 innings · IPL 2026

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 20269922237.7145.10173*
IPL career123123197824.41340386

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL 202615151429.68.222/150
IPL career14714710731.87.550
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:27:39 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:27:39 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Krunal Pandya took 93 wickets in 132 pre-2026 IPL matches (2016–2025), economy 7.47.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2016MI823786191.139.52213
2017MI1124347135.830.38247
2018MI1322841145.222.82210
2019MI141834212216.64185
2020/21MI1110934118.518.1795
2021MI1214339117.214.3106
2022LSG1318342126.220.33164
2023LSG1418849114.617.09156
2024LSG1113343126.733.2585
2025RCB710973128.218.1794
CareerLSG, MI, RCB114175686132.721.6815365

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
20161167.5739.3331.2
201713106.8327.324
201813127.0723.6720.1
201916127.2827.9223
2020/211667.5763.3350.2
20211257.995339.8
202212106.9726.522.8
20231297.4534.7828
20241267.7342.533
202515178.2422.2916.2
Career132937.4732.125.8
Window: IPL 20162025 (pre-2026), 114 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show .
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-31RCB vs GT1250.000lbwW
2026-05-26RCB vs GT4328153.652caughtW
2026-05-22SRH vs RCB41*31132.350Not outL
2026-05-10RCB vs MI7346158.745caughtW
2026-05-07LSG vs RCB28*16175.022Not outL
2026-04-30GT vs RCB44100.010caughtL
2026-04-24RCB vs GT23*12191.731Not outW
2026-04-18RCB vs DC1210120.001runOutL

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#5 middle5159113140.739.75
#7 lower middle35532171.955.00
#8 lower middle11210120.012.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
4
67%
Caught
1
17%
LBW
1
17%
Run-out

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
MI17346158.773.04573
GT47146154.323.79343
SRH14131132.35041*
LSG12816175.02228*
DC11210120.012.00112
RR11616.71.0001

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
AM Ghazanfar1328215.4130
Rashid Khan111090.9010
Corbin Bosch1118163.6020
Harshal Patel1012120.0100

As bowler

vs batterBallsRunsSR concededDotsWkts
Mitchell Marsh2139185.770
Angkrish Raghuvanshi1319146.240
Heinrich Klaasen1112109.130
Tristan Stubbs111090.920
Tilak Varma1118163.610
Jos Buttler11872.730
Prashant Veer1024240.030
Sai Sudharsan1019190.020

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
144.7
SR of 144.7 vs pace bowling — 94 balls faced
94 balls·6 6s
vs Spin
145.8
SR of 145.8 vs spin bowling — 59 balls faced
59 balls·5 6s

Full breakdown at /players/krunal-pandya/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Krunal

IPL 2026
Best bowling economy rates — IPL 2026

Krunal ranks #14 with 8.42 (303 legal deliveries bowled).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Rashid Khan · 52 ballsHarshal Patel · 44 ballsYuzvendra Chahal · 40 ballsKuldeep Yadav · 37 ballsSunil Narine · 33 ballsPrasidh Krishna · 33 ballsKagiso Rabada · 32 ballsAxar Patel · 30 balls
Venues played at
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 2 matchesNarendra Modi Stadium · 2 matchesBarsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 matchBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 1 matchShaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Krunal Pandya is an Indian cricketer playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026 as a all-rounder (slow left arm orthodox), left-handed batter born in Ahmedabad.
Krunal Pandya plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2026.
Krunal Pandya appeared in 16 IPL 2026 matches (16-fixture sample) for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, most recently on 2026-05-31.
Krunal Pandya's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 3 wickets in 2 matches (econ 8.63).
Krunal Pandya bowls slow left arm orthodox.
Krunal Pandya's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 3 wickets in 2 matches (econ 8.63).
Krunal Pandya's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: MI — 73 runs in 1 innings (avg 73.0).
Krunal Pandya concedes 13.60 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (15-ball sample, #65 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
Krunal Pandya strike rate 145.8 in IPL 2026 (155 balls, 9 innings).
Krunal Pandya's best IPL 2026 bowling: 2/16 in 3.3 overs vs GT on 2026-05-26.
Krunal Pandya ranks #5 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (16 matches).
Krunal Pandya is Indian, born in Ahmedabad.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Krunal Pandya are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/krunal-pandya — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Krunal Pandya was born on 24 March 1991.
Krunal Pandya bats left-handed.
Krunal Pandya death-overs strike rate 167.9 in IPL 2026 (56 balls).

Identity & cross-references