‘Let him die…’, when Krunal Pandya was groaning in pain in the match against MI, the former cricketer had said this, now clarified

By Samira Vishwas On May 12, 2026

IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star all-rounder Krunal Pandya created a stir with the bat despite being in pain against Mumbai Indians on May 10 in the Indian Premier League 2026. When top order batsmen like Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Devdutt Padikkal had flopped, Krunal Pandya took over the innings of Royal Challengers Bangalore and played a match-winning inning of 73 runs. Krunal was in a lot of pain while batting, he was not even able to walk. On this, former Indian cricketer S. Badrinath said such a thing, which started getting criticized a lot on social media. Now S. Badrinath has given clarification on this.

Krunal Pandya got injured after being hit by the ball while batting against Mumbai Indians.

In this match against Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost 3 big wickets at the score of 39 runs. Virat Kohli became the victim of a golden duck. Devdutt Padikkal (12) and Rajat Patidar (8) returned to the pavilion after scoring runs. After this, Krunal Pandya came to bat at number five. At one end, the RCB team kept losing wickets, but at the other end, Krunal stood firm. During this time, the ball hit his body several times and he got injured.

S regarding comment on Krunal Pandya. Badrinath criticized

After a time, Krunal Pandya was in a lot of pain and was not able to score runs. He was just hitting sixes. During this time he got cramps, after which Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper batsman Ryan Rickelton was stretching. During this, former Indian cricketer S. Badrinath was commentating in Tamil and said, “Let him die there…” His words went viral on social media and fans started criticizing him.

S. Badrinath has now given clarification

Now S. Badrinath has given clarification regarding this matter. He wrote on social media He further wrote, “This is what I said on-air, for those who do not understand spoken Tamil.”

“Let him die there”… that’s not going to be my attitude. I will go and stretch him. Great gesture from Ryan Rickelton.. Fair Play points should be given to him and MI for that.
This is what I said on air, for people who don’t understand colloquial Tamil. 🙏
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) May 11, 2026

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