IPL 2017: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 5 factors of winning

#3 Strategy

The move to send Sunil Narine as an opener seems to be working wonders for KKR

The Knight Riders have formed an unexpected opening pairing with Narine’s aggression proving to be a perfect foil for Gambhir’s consistency. Fresh from a boundary-ridden 42 against Gujarat, the 28-year-old Caribbean cricketer will be raring to have a go at RCB’s bowling unit. It will be interesting to see the type of tactics he adopts against the wily Badree.

In RCB’s previous game, skipper Kohli opened the bowling with spin from both ends. The combination of pace from one end and spin at the other should serve them well against the two opening batsmen who differ from each other.