Emotional Krunal Pandya dedicates record-breaking knock to late father


  • Cricket
  • Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021

Cricket - First One Day International - India v England - Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India - March 23, 2021 India's Krunal Pandya celebrates his half century REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

PUNE, India (Reuters) - After racing to the fastest one-day international (ODI) fifty by a debutant, India's Krunal Pandya dedicated Tuesday's record-breaking knock against England to his late father who died of a cardiac arrest in January.

Making his ODI debut with his brother Hardik also in the side, Krunal came in at 205-5 and raced to a 26-ball fifty, stitching together a 112-run partnership with KL Rahul to give India a commanding total of 317 in 50 overs.

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