India vs Windies 2018: Krunal Pandya Delighted to Start Career on High Note

Updated - 05 Nov 2018, 02:19 PM

Krunal Pandya, India vs Windies 2018
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India’s all-rounder Krunal Pandya is delighted to start his career on high note. Pandya had a good maiden outing on his debut match in the Indian colors. The southpaw all-rounder scalped one wicket in his spell of four overs. Furthermore, he only conceded 15 runs in his quota of four overs.

Pandya also scored a quickfire knock of 21 runs off just nine balls. Pandya scored three fours in his brisk knock to take India over the line. He also went on to score the winning runs for the Men in Blue.

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Krunal Pandya kisses his ODI cap. Twitter

Pandya makes a good start to his career.

In fact, Pandya had an expensive start to his maiden over. However, he was able to bounce back in style. The left-arm spinner scalped the wicket of his Mumbai Indians teammate, Kieron Pollard.

Meanwhile, Krunal Pandya has been knocking hard at the selection doors. He had made the cut into the squad for the Ireland T20Is. However, he was not able to break into the playing XI.

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Pandya has been coming up with consistent performances in the domestic circuit. Thus, he was knocking hard at the selection doors for a long time. Moreover, he is a consistent performer in the Indian Premier League for the Mumbai Indians.

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Krunal Pandya celebrates his wicket. Credits: Twitter

On the other hand, India was able to win the first T20I by five wickets at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Kuldeep Yadav was the star of the show as the mystery spinner scalped three wickets and gave away only 13 runs in four overs quota.

Kuldeep bowled accurate wrong ones to fox the Windies batsmen. Therefore, the southpaw spinner was instrumental in shackling the visitors for just 109 runs. The chinaman was also awarded the Man of the match for his brilliant spell.

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Krunal Pandya took to Twitter to share his post. The tweet read as, “Happy for my India ?? debut but happier that we started the T20Is with a win! Thank you all for your messages!! We focus on the next match now ?? #dreamcomeblue.

Here is Krunal Pandya’s post:

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