New Delhi, May 11 -- Krunal Pandya is a firefighter. If your team is in trouble with the bat, he is the man you push up the order. If the innings is flowing smoothly, Krunal often does not get to bat until late. Sometimes, he does not bat at all. Yet, despite the stop-start nature of his role, Royal Challengers Bengaluru trust him more than anyone else to steady the innings when there is a top-order collapse, to walk in, absorb the pressure, and extinguish the fires raging around him.

Krunal does that. And often, after putting out one fire, he starts one of his own - this time for the opposition to deal with.

The latest team to feel the heat of a Krunal special was the Mumbai Indians, his first IPL franchise and the team he represented ...