IPL 2017: SRH vs KXIP, 5 factors of winning

#2 With the ball

Afghan spinner Rashid Khan has picked up vital wickets for SRH

Kings XI’s bowling is pace-heavy, with Varun Aaron, Natarajan and the three Sharmas – Sandeep, Mohit and Ishant, forming their attack. Although they might play only three of these five and opt for two spinners in Axar Patel and KC Kariappa, their fortunes will still depend on how well their pacers bowl to the aggressive SRH batsmen.

If Sandeep and Aaron can dent the batting early, it’ll make the job easier for the two spinners in the middle overs.

For SRH, it’ll once again be the purple cap holder, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who will be the key man. Their bowling is loaded with pacers too as Bhuvneshwar, Nehra, Cutting and Henriques will bowl a majority of the overs.

If they play Mustafizur Rahman, it’ll only add to their strength, but their trump card, as has been the case thus far, will be the young leggie from Afghanistan, Rashid Khan. He has taken a wicket in his first over in all the 4 matches that he has played, and would love to continue doing so in this match too.