Raipur, May 11 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli hailed teammate Krunal Pandya's 73-run knock against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 match on Sunday. Kohli called the innings Krunal's "best IPL knock."

Krunal played a match-winning knock of 73 off 46 balls that helped RCB defeat MI by two wickets in a last-ball thriller. With RCB finding themselves at 39/3 in 5.1 overs in their chase of 167, Krunal Pandya stitched a crucial 55-run stand with Jacob Bethell (27) and a 37-run stand with Jitesh Sharma (18) to bring RCB closer to their target before he was eventually dismissed in the 18th over after hitting two sixes off Allah Ghazanfar's bowling. Krunal's innings was particularly impress...