Overview
- CricViz data shows his spinner’s bouncer now concedes fewer runs, with economy improving from 9.42 to 8.00, while its strike rate has worsened from 7 to 24.
- His low‑arm, side‑trajectory ball is turning up far more often this season, rising from 11 deliveries in 2025 to 38 in 2026, yet its economy has slipped from 9.81 to 11.21 with wickets unchanged.
- Krunal frames the IPL as a mental arms race and says he added a spinner’s bouncer and altered trajectories to stay one step ahead of better‑prepared batters.
- Dinesh Karthik says he is stretching what finger spin can do, and more IPL spinners are now trying versions of his playbook.
- These non‑standard balls demand extra force and control, and he had a brief groin scare while bowling late against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026.