Krunal Pandya is set to play alongside Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after being acquired for ₹5.75 crore on Day 2 of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Known for his all-round abilities, Pandya’s addition bolsters RCB’s lineup, promising exciting performances in the upcoming season.
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00:00Krunal Pandya, so senior Pandya brother has come to the auction table and I also think that this time Pandya brothers can play together.
00:11Although it will be interesting to see if any RTM is left with Lucknow.
00:16Royal Challenges Bangalore has shown interest and along with Royal Challenges Bangalore, Punjab Kings have shown interest in Krunal Pandya.
00:26If we talk about money, Punjab still has a good amount of money, about 22 crores, if you subtract 7 crores from 22 crores, then there is about 15 crores of money left.
00:37They don't need much, they have made a team, they need two players, they have bought a good pace and now if they get a good all-rounder in the form of Kunal Pandya, then there is no problem in making a team.
00:50And if you talk about RCB, then they still have the most money, 30 crores, about 65 lakhs and now Rajasthan Royals is also getting into the race, so the bid has gone above 3 crores.
01:02Punjab Kings have said that we cannot offer more than 2 crores and 20 lakhs.
01:06I don't see any interest in RCB and Lucknow that they want to buy Kunal, but if they get Kunal within 3-4 crores, then it will be a very good deal for RCB.
01:20Rajasthan Royals is showing a lot of interest because Chahal and Ashwin have both left.
01:25So, they need a good team, a good middle-order all-rounder who can spin and do good wrestling.
01:31And who can forget the year 2017 from the point of view of Kunal Pandya.
01:35Pandya Brothers had made the whole team a champion.
01:39Especially, the way Kunal's wrestling was seen in the finals, whether it was 2017 or 2015, it is possible that Pandya Brothers' time to come together has come.
01:56But the price is increasing and with every increasing price, the chances of Kunal and Pandya playing together are decreasing.
02:05So, here Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals are showing interest in buying Kunal Pandya.
02:14So, the current bid has gone above 4 crores.
02:16The bid of 4 crores 20 lakhs and 4 crores 40 lakhs has gone to Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
02:22Mind you, both these teams need an Indian spin bowling all-rounder.
02:27And RCB seems to be more convinced that they will buy, just like they are not lowering their paddle.
02:33And we hope that they buy because I have seen a lot of comments on social media for RCB that at least do something like this, do something like that.
02:42I wish, I wish, I wish and I wish that they are stuck in the airfare.
02:47So, here to make RCB a good team, somewhere, somewhere, right now, a little effort is needed.
02:55So, we hope that a good player joins their team.
03:00When you want a player like Kunal Pandya and Chinna Swamy to be a good team, they will take the ball and when they will give a run with the ball, then you can take advantage of them.
03:11So, here the era of explosive bowling with Kunal Pandya is going on.
03:17Royal Challengers Bangalore and Royal Rajasthan.
03:20We have just seen a battle between Kings and now a battle between Royals.
03:25So, the ball is reaching around 6 crores for Kunal Pandya.
03:31And they deserve it.
03:33They perform well in the domestic circuit.
03:35They also do well in T20 cricket for Baroda.
03:38And if you look at the last two seasons, they didn't perform very badly for the Lucknow Supergiants.
03:44They were also kidnapping the team in the absence of KL Rahul.
03:48And they were doing well in the Lucknow pitches.
03:51Yes, the whole team was playing so badly in Lucknow that you can't blame any one player.
03:56Absolutely. And they lost many matches while winning.
03:59If we talk about the last season.
04:01So, here two Royals, Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
04:07A fierce battle is going on between these two teams.
04:11Who will buy whom?
04:13Because no one will be able to break the chains because they don't have the money.
04:17Rajasthan Royals also don't have that much money to buy Chappat.
04:21Rajasthan Royals have only 17.35 crores.
04:26RCB has 30.65 crores.
04:29But they will have to think before spending it.
04:32And somehow Lucknow said that they will use RTM.
04:35So, RCB's deal can be of loss.
04:39As we saw RTM till yesterday.
04:41It's good for RCB.
04:43They will reduce the purse of Lucknow.
04:45So, if there is an all-rounder in the future, they will buy it.
04:49Because till now they have 30 crores.
04:51I don't think they will be able to reduce it because I didn't understand their strategy yesterday.
04:55When you have a chance to empty the purse of the opponent team, you didn't do it.
05:00It is very difficult to be a fan of RCB.
05:03You don't understand their management.
05:05Although the fans were looking very happy yesterday, Ankit.
05:08I have seen some purchases of RCB.
05:11And the Twitter handle of RCB.
05:14I liked Phil Saur and Lim Stone very much.
05:17Suresh Sharma.
05:18But the way they could increase the money.
05:21On Siraj.
05:22Siraj stopped at Rs. 12.25 lakhs.
05:24You were only told that I will use RTM.
05:26You don't use it.
05:27Your RTM was already saved.
05:29It doesn't go to the end.
05:30So, Royal Challengers of Bangalore.
05:33Krunal Pandya.
05:34He will be playing with Virat Kohli.
05:40So, the biggest update here is that Krunal Pandya is not from Lucknow but from Bangalore.
05:48So, smile.
05:49Now you are in Bangalore.
05:50And we hope that this smile remains.
05:53And the fans of RCB will be a little happy.
05:55RCB will definitely hope that a lucky player who was for Mumbai Indians.
06:00So, for this year's Cup Namde, maybe a big player can come as a lucky charm.