Before the clash between DC and RCB in IPL 2025, Krunal Pandya scored 24 runs in nine matches and made little impact with the bat. He was consistently chipping in with the bowling department by taking 12 wickets in those games, but with the bat, it was very disappointing. Krunal has been more a bowler through the years in the IPL and teams had mainly depended on him for his bowling. In fact, the 34-year-old had only a single fifty to his credit from 115 innings before this Sunday. But this time around, he turned the tables. He scored his second IPL fifty and played a pivotal rescue act with Virat Kohli. KRUNAL PANDYA, THE STAR AT DELHI 🤯RCB down & out then Krunal came and smashed one of the finest knock in IPL 2025 - 73* from 47 balls under huge pressure for the Men in Red...!!!! pic.twitter.com/9leDPG67VK — Shrivas as (@Ashrivas44) April 27, 2025 By the time Krunal entered at 26/3 after just four overs in the long pursuit of 163 runs, he started off with equal caution, scoring a run per ball to stabilize the as-inning. The main aim was also to avoid any further damage-at-risk, an exercise that both he and Kohli performed perfectly. KRUNAL PANDYA WON MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD. 🔥 #DCvsRCB - BRILLIANT KNOCK TAKE A BOW KP. pic.twitter.com/2rn0IQEjur — CricTalkWith - Atif 🏏 (@cricatif) April 27, 2025 Also READ: IPL 2025: SRH head to Maldives for a break after victory over CSK Boundary runs only 2 in the next six overs as they decided against taking risk for the time being to stabilize this innings. This now seems like well-orchestrated strategy with the benefit of hindsight. Gradually Krunal picked up to run a little faster while Kohli continued to anchor the run chase. They added an important 100 runs which took the team to their seventh victory of the season. You’ve seen Krunal as a brilliant bowler, but tonight, meet the real Krunal. ❤️‍🔥The complete all-rounder! 🫡 pic.twitter.com/nx9cZyMAJ3 — Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 27, 2025 Krunal registered an extraordinary effort, remaining unbeaten at 73 off 47 balls, crediting to fires against five fours and four sixes. Coincidentally, his last IPL fifty was also scored against DC in 2016 when he crushed a 37-ball 86.