IPL 2017 Player battles: Top 4 player encounters to look for in the Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders match

#3 Amit Mishra vs. Manish Pandey

Will Mishra have another good game?

Vital to KKR's wins this season has been the knocks of Manish Pandey. The Karnataka batsman was on a lean patch going into the tournament, but has shown no signs of that in the IPL. In four games so far, he has scored 152 runs at a strike rate of 155, having been dismissed only once in three innings. The Indian international has singlehandedly taken care responsibility of KKR's batting in the middle order amidst poor returns from Yusuf Pathan and Suryakumar Yadav.

Batting in the middle overs of the innings, Pandey is likely to be up against the wily leg-spin of Amit Mishra. When on one hand, you have a batsman who is a fearless stroke maker and on the other, a leggie who is not afraid to toss the ball and invite batsmen into playing a false stroke, it will be interesting to see who will come out on top