IPL 2017: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 5 factors of winning

#2 With the ball

Sunil Narine is KKR’s game changer with the ball

The Knight Riders have been boosted by the arrival of Umesh Yadav. The premier fast bowler was in tremendous form throughout the India-Australia Test series and started the tournament with an impressive four-wicket haul against the Kings XI Punjab in his first game.

The onus will be on their foreign recruits Chris Woakes and Trent Boult to provide the team with early breakthroughs and restrict the scoring rate. Piyush Chawla will be another key figure in the bowling unit for the Knights. Along with Sunil Narine, he will have to pick up crucial wickets in the middle overs in order to dent the run scoring.

For the Sunrisers, the bowling department has been their major strength throughout the last season and in the first few games of this season. Ashish Nehra and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been brilliant through the tournament and would look to carry on their consistent performance.

Mustafizur Rahman, their trump card in the last edition, will shoulder the responsibility of bowling in the death overs. David Warner and the management would be more than happy with the performance of their bowling unit and hope they continue to strangle the opposition and get over the line.