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"I Feel for Him," Krunal Pandya After Breaking Hardik’s Heart In MI vs RCB IPL 2025 Match

Jatin

Krunal Pandya held his nerve in the final over [Source: @IPL/x.com]Krunal Pandya held his nerve in the final over [Source: @IPL/x.com]

Wankhede was buzzing and blue flags were everywhere on Monday. But by the end of it, all you could hear was Krunal Pandya’s roar and the sound of heartbreak echoing through the Mumbai Indians dugout.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in what felt like a movie climax, finally broke their Wankhede jinx after a whole decade. And the man holding the pen in that final act? None other than Krunal Pandya, the older Pandya bro, who ripped through MI’s lower order and sealed a 12-run win for RCB.

RCB’s first win at Wankhede in 10 years and Krunal did it against his own blood. He was carrying the weight of an entire crowd cheering against him, a brother batting in the opposition and the pressure of 19 runs to defend in six balls. The former MI all-rounder managed to hold his nerve and defend the total.

Krunal Pandya Opens Up After Defeating MI

After the win, he let it all out. A huge fist pump, a scream into the night sky and a reminder that this Pandya still knows how to close games under fire.

It was personal, and it wasn’t. Hardik Pandya had played a sensational hand with the bat, tried to anchor MI’s chase. But Krunal had the last laugh. And yet, there was no malice in it. Only emotion.

“The bond that we have, at the end of the day, we knew only one (Pandya) would win. But the love and affection we have for each other is very natural. He (Hardik) batted well. We won and I also wanted to win, he also wanted to win. I feel for him,” Krunal said after the game.

You could hear the brotherly love in his voice. These two have been through thick and thin. From Baroda gullies to IPL glory. And now, on opposite sides of the fence in one of the most intense finishes of IPL 2025 so far.

Digging Into The Experience Bank

It wasn’t just raw emotion. Krunal didn’t just show up and hope for the best. He used his years in the circuit, trusted his gut and stuck to the plan. That last over was textbook T20 pressure handling.

“The amount of games I have played in the last 10 years, whatever experience I had, it had to come in right. Sometimes, you want to commit but you know it is important to commit 100 per cent So the execution becomes much on your side. I was clear in a way where I wanted to commit fully to whatever ball I wanted to bowl,” he explained.

With figures of 4 for 45, including the most crucial wickets at the death, Krunal Pandya walked off not just with bragging rights over his younger brother but with the Wankhede wrapped around his fingers in RCB red.

Meanwhile, RCB head back to Bengaluru for a clash with Delhi Capitals on April 10.