Krunal Pandya created history in IPL, made a record in batting along with a special century in bowling.

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Krunal Pandya is in the news these days for his bowling. Everyone was stunned to see the bouncer he hit against Hardik Pandya against Mumbai Indians. Along with bowling, Krunal has also become an important player for RCB in batting. Meanwhile, he made a big record in his name in the match against Lucknow Supergiants. This is the record of scoring 100 wickets and 1000 runs in IPL.

Krunal Pandya has become only the third Indian to do so in IPL, who has completed 1000 runs in batting along with a century of wickets in bowling. In the match against Lucknow, Krunal took 2 wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs of bowling. He opened his wicket account by dismissing Mitchell Marsh on the fifth ball of the 10th over of LSG’s innings and then dismissed Abdul Samad on zero on the second ball of the 12th over. As soon as Samad was dismissed, his 100 wickets in IPL were completed. However, Krunal did not bat in RCB’s innings.

Krunal has more than 1700 runs in his name in batting.

Krunal Pandya is an excellent batting all-rounder. Along with bowling, he has also done wonders many times with his batting in the middle order. This is the reason why he has scored 1757 runs in 119 innings so far in IPL. Due to this, he has become the third Indian player after Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel to complete the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in IPL.

Jadeja, who is in the Rajasthan Royals team this season, has taken 173 wickets and 3336 runs in 259 matches for four teams, while Axar Patel, who is currently the captain of Delhi Capitals, has taken 1919 runs and 131 wickets in 166 IPL matches. Overall, now six players have completed the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in IPL. Talking about the remaining three, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo are in this list.