Krunal Pandya signs for Warwickshire to play Royal London One-Day Cup

County club Warwickshire on Friday announced that they have signed India allrounder Krunal Pandya for the upcoming season of Royal London OneDay CupPandya will be available for Warwickshire for the whole Royal London OneDay campaign making him the third Indian to feature in the ongoing season of the English domestic cricket circuit after batter Cheteshwar Pujara Sussex and allrounder Washington Sundar LancashireIm extremely excited to get the opportunity to play county cricket and to join such a history Club as Warwickshire Edgbaston is a special place to play cricket and I cant wait to call it my homeI hope I can play my part in a successful 50over campaign with the Club and I am looking forward to meeting my team mates I would like to extend my gratitude to both Warwickshire County cricket club and the BCCI for this opportunity said Pandya in a statementPandya made his T20I debut for India in 2018 against the West Indies in Kolkata and followed that with an ODI debut against England at Pune in 2021 where he struck the fastest halfcentury 26 balls in history by a debutant in mens ODI cricketOverall Pandya has played five ODIs for India making 130 runs with an unbeaten 58 as his highest score apart from picking two wickets with his leftarm spin In 19 T20Is he had made 126 runs and picked 15 wicketsAlso Read Sanjana Ganesan reveals how family reacted to news of Jasprit Bumrah becoming India captainKrunal is an incredible signing for the Club and Im delighted to welcome him to Edgbaston Krunal will bring a wealth of international experience to a team that will be desperate to do wellDue to our impressive T20 performances we will lose players to The Hundred but thats always going to happen to successful teams The opportunity to add a worldrenowned allrounder to an exciting group is fantastic said Paul Farbrace Director of Cricket at WarwickshireIn total Pandya has featured in 76 List A matches scoring 2231 runs at an average of 37 and taken 89 wickets He has been a regular presence in the Indian Premier League IPL having represented Mumbai Indians and more recently Lucknow Super Giants from the 2022 seasonWarwickshire will play eight groupstages matches taking place from August 2 to 23 with four at their home ground in Edgbaston They are placed in Group A alongside Durham Gloucestershire Leicestershire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey and SussexThe winners from group A and B will progress straight to the semifinals with the second and third placed teams from both groups playing a playoff match against a team from the other group which made up the playoffs The winner from both playoffs will meet the teams who already reached the semifinals for a spot in the title clashThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever