India Nationwide Cricket Staff batter Manish Pandey has expressed his want to play for Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He mentioned that as a hometown boy, he would wish to play for the franchise of his hometown.
Manish Pandey has been across the Indian Premier League because the inception of the league. The best-hander was a part of the Mumbai Indians squad in 2008, and after that, he moved to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2009, making an on the spot influence on the staff.
Pandey performed for Royal Challengers Bengaluru for 2 years. The best-hander made an instantaneous influence as he slammed an excellent ton within the league in opposition to Deccan Chargers (Now defunct). He grew to become the first-ever batter from India to hit a century within the Indian Premier League.
Pandey then moved to Pune Warriors India in 2011 earlier than becoming a member of Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014, the place he performed an instrumental position within the staff profitable the title. He performed a significant position within the ultimate as he slammed 94 within the ultimate in opposition to KXIP and gained Participant of the Match.
After that, Manish Pandey moved to Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2017, however after that, he hasn’t been the identical as his profession has seen a downhill since then. He additionally performed for Lucknow Tremendous Giants and Delhi Capitals earlier than becoming a member of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Pandey, after taking part in for 7 franchises, expressed his want to play for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He mentioned that he, together with each Karnataka participant, would wish to play for the franchise. Chatting with TV9, he defined:
“As a hometown boy, I might like to be again taking part in for RCB. Not simply me, all the kids from Karnataka would like to play for RCB sooner or later”.
Manish Pandey is presently a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders. He gained the title with the staff within the India Premier League (IPL) 2024. Though he did not play many video games he performed effectively within the restricted alternatives that he bought and helped the staff register wins.
Manish Pandey’s profession through the years within the Indian Premier League (IPL)
Pandey has been a veteran within the Indian Premier League. The best-hander has performed 171 video games within the league and has scored 3850 runs at a mean of economic system 30 and 121 respectively. He additionally has slammed 22 half-centuries and has one century to his identify within the event.
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is all set to have a mega public sale. There have been numerous stories that the Board of Management for Cricket in India shall be permitting 6 retentions together with 3 RTM playing cards within the public sale. Up to now, there hasn’t been any affirmation by the governing physique, however the official announcement is prone to be made quickly.
It stays to be seen if Manish Pandey shall be retained by the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, forward of the IPL 2025 or not.