IPL 2017, KXIP vs SRH: 5 winning factors

#2 With the ball

Rashid Khan is a key bowler for the defending champions

The Sunrisers Hyderabad aces this deciding factor also as their bowlers have been good in all stages of the game. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been equally good with the ball at the start and in the death overs of the innings. Mohammad Siraj and Siddharth Kaul have supported him well by keeping the run-rate in check and coming up with crucial breakthroughs at important stages of the match.

Moises Henriques has always tied down the batsmen in the middle overs and picked up the odd wicket whenever needed. Rashid Khan has been their go-to man with the ball whenever they need wickets at any stage of the game and he has never disappointed his team either. Overall, it can be said that all the bowlers have supported each other’s strengths and weaknesses well thus making them a formidable batting line-up.

KXIP, on the other hand, have been very good in the starting overs, picking up wickets and keeping the run-flow in control. Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma extract a good amount of swing at the start which makes it really tough for the batsmen to score freely. However, things have gone wrong from the middle overs and onwards, and also leak runs heavily at the death.

Marcus Stoinis and Axar Patel are wicket-taking options but they have looked clueless on controlling the run-flow; Sandeep Sharma doesn’t look like the same bowler in the death overs as he does at the start.