There was also a bidding war between RCB and Rajasthan to buy Krunal Pandya.
The mega auction for IPL 2025 is going on in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. So today, on Monday, November 25, the sale of players continues on the second day of the mega auction. Today in the auction, some players were seen being sold, while some players did not find any buyer.
On the other hand, on the second day of the auction, Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by paying Rs 5.75 crore. Let us tell you that in this auction the player had kept his base price at Rs 2 crore. To buy Krunal in the auction, RCB had to wage a bidding war with Rajasthan Royals for some time, but in the end RCB won.
However, Lucknow Super Giants had the opportunity to give the player a right to match card, but they did not use it. So now Krunal will be seen playing for RCB in the upcoming auction.
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A look at Krunal Pandya’s IPL career
On the other hand, if we talk about Krunal Pandya’s IPL career, he made his debut in the tournament for Mumbai Indians in the year 2017. Till the time of writing the news, the player has played a total of 127 matches in IPL. During this period, the all-rounder player has scored a total of 1647 runs in batting at an average of 21.96 and strike rate of 132.82.
If we talk about Krunal’s bowling, he has taken a total of 76 wickets in the tournament at an average of 34.29 and economy of 7.37. Apart from this, taking three wickets for 11 runs has been the player’s best performance in the IPL. It will be worth seeing how Krunal Pandya is going to perform for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 18th season of IPL.