IPL 2016: Top 10 moments of week 5

4. Choc-a-Pandya:

KrunalPandya has of late become the more preferred of the Pandya brothers as far as Rohit Sharma is concerned. The southpaw, who looks up to Yuvraj Singh as his idol, may have a few traits of the 34-year old. However, his style, mobility and bowling prowess are a signature only he truly possesses. While a few cameos and Kodak moments with bat and ball have already seen him stamp his authority on the tournament, the 24-year olds’ watershed moment came against the Delhi Daredevils on a diabolical wicket at Vizag.

He had one job. That was to neutralize the spin trio of the Delhi attack. However, Pandya didn’t just neutralize it. He hulked them. The spinners were deposited into the stands as a clueless Zaheer Khan stood and watched the innings unfold. The ball travelled into the stands off the bat of KrunalPandya with monotonous regularity. He was quite literally defying the laws of gravity. ‘Anything that goes up comes down?’ The way Pandya batter, when they were hit, they stayed hit.