Thinking' Krunal proves his value

Press Room on the eve of Saturday's IPL fixture, which resumes after a week. "He tries to outthink the batter. He's not a big turner of the ball. He'll vary his line and length, he'll bowl the short ball, he'll bowl the bouncer. So he keeps making the batter think, because this game is so much of premeditated shot making by the batters. And more often than not, he manages to outthink them," the former India captain added.

- Krunal Pandya

That observation of Gavaskar can be testified with the left-arm spinner's execution. At the first game of the season at Eden Gardens against KKR, Krunal was given the ball. KKR were at 107/1 after 10 overs. In two overs, he sent back skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer. He had expl