Krunal Pandya to play for Warwickshire within the Royal London Cup 2022: Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya has been signed by main English county Warwickshire to play within the Royal London Cup One Day Championship, the county confirmed on Thursday.
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Senior Pandya has featured in 19 shortest format video games for crew India to this point together with 5 ODIs. The southpaw has additionally appeared in 76 List A matches by which he has scored 2231 runs and picked up 89 wickets.
“Krunal is an incredible signing for the Club, and I’m delighted to welcome him to Edgbaston. Krunal will bring a wealth of international experience to a team that will be desperate to do well,” mentioned Director of Cricket Warwickshire, Paul Farbrace.
Paul termed Krunal Pandya because the world-renowned all-rounder and mentioned it will likely be a unbelievable alternative for the group to have him on board.
“Due to our impressive T20 performances, we will lose players to The Hundred, but that’s always going to happen to successful teams. The opportunity to add a world-renowned all-rounder to an exciting group is fantastic,” he added.
Krunal is equally excited in regards to the alternative as he says Edgbaston is a particular place to play cricket.
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“Edgbaston is a special place to play cricket and I can’t wait to call it my home. I hope I can play my part in a successful 50-over campaign with the Club and I am looking forward to meeting my teammates. I want to extend my gratitude to both Warwickshire County Cricket Club and BCCI for this opportunity,” Krunal mentioned in a press release.
The 31-years previous left-arm all-rounder made his 50-overs debut final 12 months in opposition to England the place he struck the quickest fifty by a debutant within the historical past of ODI cricket. Pandya slammed his maiden half-century in simply 26 deliveries and recorded his title within the historical past books.
Krunal is a really canny operator of the white ball as seen within the T20s with Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants. The left-arm cricketer has helped Mumbai win a number of IPL titles together with his companies.
The Royal London Cup will start on August 2 whereas the ultimate shall be held on September 17. Warwickshire will play eight group matches with half of them scheduled of their dwelling floor, Edgbaston.