Krunal Pandya
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Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder, Krunal Pandya has admitted the selection in the India A team is one step closer to realising his dream of playing for the national team one day.

Meanwhile, Pandya has been in tremendous form for Mumbai in the ongoing season of the IPL. The all-rounder has chipped in with 189 runs and has also claimed 11 crucial wickets.

It feels really good. Last year after the IPL, I got picked for the India A’s tour of South Africa. It was a good tour for me. The ultimate dream is to represent India and that is still there,” Pandya told reporters.

Pandya also admitted he would like to give his best in England and present his case to the selectors.

And it is just one step closer to the senior team. I will try to give my best when I go there (to England) but right now this is an important stage of the tournament (in IPL). I want to do well for MI first and then I will see how it goes,” the all-rounder noted.

Krunal Pandya
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Mumbai will go match by match

The Baroda all-rounder also said MI in the latter half of the tournament grabbed their opportunities and started winning games. It is a do-or-die game for both Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals, but Krunal wants to take one match at a time.

We will be going match by match and that’s how we have played from the first game itself. Obviously, in the initial few games, the results didn’t come our way but it is not that we were playing badly. We were playing good cricket but couldn’t win the crucial moments in the first few matches,” he added.

In conclusion, Krunal admitted Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai have always played best cricket when they are down. Mumbai takes on Rajasthan Royals in a do-or-die clash on May 13 at the Wankhede Stadium.

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