Krunal Pandya

Krunal Himanshu Pandya (born 24 March 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Baroda in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He made his T20I debut for India in November 2018. In 2021, he scored the fastest half-century by a cricketer on ODI debut. He also formerly captained the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL. He is the elder brother of cricketer Hardik Pandya.