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New Delhi: Krunal Pandya who received Player of the Match in the IPL 2025 final said he celebrated the win with his brother Hardik and added how the family has won nine IPL trophies together over the past eleven years. Buying Krunal Pandya for Rs 5.75 crore Royal Challengers Bangalore saw him do extremely well in the final match getting two wickets for only 17 runs in four overs and thrilling the audience. Krunals exceptional bowling performance was pivotal in securing a six-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Punjab Kings preventing Punjab from reaching their 191-run target and marking RCBs first IPL victory of the season. During his Player of the Match acceptance speech Krunal Pandya recounted conversations with his brother Hardik referencing their combined IPL championship wins over the past ten years. When I joined RCB I said that I loved winning trophies. After three and a half months glad I was able to fulfil what I said on Day 1. Been pretty good - 10 years 4 IPL trophies. I also told Hardik on the phone that there will be 9 IPL trophies in the Pandya household in 11 years Krunal said in the post-match presentation. Because of his good bowling performance Krunal Pandya dismissed Prabhsimran Singh (26) and Josh Inglis (39) which greatly slowed down Punjabs run-chase. Most of his achievements resulted from mixing up his speed and the bravery to follow this difficult plan where errors are hard to avoid. When we batted in the first innings I was sitting outside and chatting with the batters. I realised the slower you bowl the better. But in this format as a bowler you need guts to do that because the margin of error is small he said. I just backed myself and thought that if Im able to vary my pace and keep it more on the slower side Ill create chances rather than just coming and firing it in. What has been my biggest strength is learning what the situation requires. Ive always backed my gut and instinct said Krunal. He clinched 17 wickets in 15 matches at an average of 19.52 with best bowling figures of 4/41.