By Aditya
April 16, 2026
Krunal Pandya once again bowled wonderfully and hit important wickets for RCB. He took 2 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs against Lucknow.
In the 23rd match of IPL 2026, Krunal Pandya showed the way to the pavilion to batsmen like Mitchell Marsh and Abdul Samad. With this, he made his place in a special list.
With Abdul Samad's wicket, Krunal Pandya completed his 100 wickets in IPL. He achieved this feat in the 147th match of his IPL career.
Krunal Pandya is only the sixth finger spinner to hit 100 wickets in IPL. Before that, bowlers like Sunil Narine, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh and Akshar Patel have done this feat.
Krunal Pandya has been a part of IPL since 2016. His IPL career started with Mumbai. After that, he played for the Lucknow team. At the same time, he entered RCB last season.
IPL 2026 has been very good for Krunal Pandya so far. He has taken 7 wickets in 5 matches. During this time his economy has been 9.26.