The performance of Baroda captain and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-rounder Krunal Pandya in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 has been excellent. In the domestic ODI tournament, he has attracted everyone’s attention by continuously playing explosive innings. This is a big good news for Baroda team before IPL 2026.
Krunal’s stormy century
Krunal played his third consecutive big innings and put his team in a strong position. In the fourth round of the tournament, Baroda faced Hyderabad, in which Krunal scored a stormy century. In this match played on Rajkot ground, Krunal Pandya scored unbeaten 109 runs in just 63 balls. In his explosive innings, he played excellent shots in every corner of the field and played an important role in helping Baroda reach the huge score of 417 runs.
In this match, Baroda’s top order had laid a good foundation, but with the arrival of Krunal, the team’s run pace increased further. In this innings, he hit 18 fours and 1 six and scored runs at a strike rate of 173.03, which is considered quite impressive in List A cricket.
Pandya performed effectively in bowling
Krunal Pandya has scored a century for the third time in his List A career. Earlier, he had scored 57 runs in 63 balls against Bengal and 82 runs in 77 balls against Uttar Pradesh. In the last three innings of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26, he has scored a total of 248 runs, which includes 34 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, he has also performed effectively in bowling.
Apart from Krunal Pandya, two more batsmen from Baroda played century innings in the match against Hyderabad. Nitya Pandya and Amit Pasi made a partnership of 230 runs for the first wicket. Amit Pasi scored 127 runs in 93 balls, while Nitya Pandya contributed 122 runs in 100 balls. Thanks to these brilliant innings, Baroda made a big score in the match and strengthened its chances of victory.
This third consecutive big inning of Krunal Pandya and the century contribution of other players shows the strength of the Baroda team. His performance can prove to be a challenge for all the teams before the upcoming IPL 2026 and is further increasing the enthusiasm of the fans.
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