All well at Pandya household? Krunal responds to rumoured rift with brother Hardik; ‘you have a lot of family members…’

From the bylanes of Baroda to making the senior state cricket team to Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League (IPL) to playing for Indian national team together, Krunal Pandya and Hardik Pandya have been thick and thins to each other's struggles. Although they play for different franchises now, their bond remained the same - support for each other on and off the field.

However, the recent narratives paint a different storyline. It all started when Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) played Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026. Following RCB's win, the brothers decided their usual end-of-the-match hug, like they used to do before. In fact, the two didn't even catch up after the game unlike the previous seasons. Social media lit up with "Pandya brothers fighting?", "Family feud in IPL?", and a lot more.

Not just that, in the past few months, fans have also noticed a loud silence between the two brothers. There were no posts on Hardik from his elder brother Krunal and his wife Pankhuri on social media during the T20 World Cup finals. Following his divorce with former wife Natasa Stankovic, Hardik is seen with new girlfriend Mahieka Sharma more often nowadays.

In a recent RCB podcast with Danish Sait, Krunal did break his silence on the his rumoured rift with Hardik, but not as much as the fans would have wanted. The interviewer started, “Last year you didn't give an interview. Is is because you were with you family?” In reply Krunal said, “you didn't call me.”

The interviewer countered, “No, we called. You said you are with your family and didn't come. I want to know, is RCB not your family?” I was with my RCB family. You didn't the RCB," said Krunal in response. The RCB all-rounder added, “Sometimes when you are with your RCB family, you have a lot of family members, but then you also miss some (referring to the interviewer).”

Upon hearing this, the interviewer said, “Like your brother,” breaking into laughter. Krunal too couldn't stop himself. The interviewer the said, “All ok there, or some fighting?”. While Krunal continued to laugh, the interviewer added, “Kane and Undertaker also fight sometimes.” Krunal repiled “all okay.”