Mumbai Indians all-rounder eyeing a place in the 2019 World Cup

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has churned out a number of prodigious talents ever since its inception back in 2008, one of them is all-rounder Krunal Pandya. He made his debut in the event back in 2016 and didn’t flatter to deceive. The 27-year-old has turned out to be an indispensable part of the Mumbai Indians owing to efficient performance with both willow and the leather.

Recently, he played for India ‘A’ in their triangular series, involving England Lions and Windies ‘A’ on English soil. He didn’t get many chances but played a useful knock of 34 runs in the final at the Kennington Oval to help India ‘A’ beat the home team by five wickets. He was thereafter drafted into the Indian T20I team for their three-match series against Eoin Morgan’s England last month.

I am going tournament by tournament

The all-rounder was roped in as a replacement of Washington Sundar, who was ruled out due to an ankle injury. Nevertheless, he couldn’t find a place in the eleven. Lately, Krunal talked about his ambition of donning the national colours in the World Cup next year in England and Wales. Moreover, he also sounded confident about improving his skills rather than pondering about the results as per reports in www.mumbaiindians.com.

“My ultimate goal is to play for the country. To play for India in the World Cup and that is the next goal to be very honest. I am going tournament by tournament or you can say match by match and if I do well consistently, I’ll get what I want. So obviously at the end, the ultimate aim is to play the 2019 World Cup for India. I hope the way I am going, I will achieve that as well,” he mentioned.

“I have been working hard on my game. Slowly and steadily, I am improving on every aspect. In the end, the most important thing is to improve by every game, every tournament or every season and that is what I am focusing on. I am not thinking about the result but purely on improving,” the Gujarat-born cricketer added.

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