IPL 2018, CSK vs KXIP: 5 players battles to look forward to

#3 Harbhajan Singh v KL Rahul

KL Rahul

He has been in outstanding form throughout this season of the IPL and KL Rahul has shown that he is the sort of player, who can sometimes win games on his own. Tonight, he would definitely like to do something along those lines as KXIP go into tonight’s game. He has scored 652 runs so far in 13 games, at an average of 59.27 and a strike rate of 160.98. Those are the sort of numbers that belong to extremely damaging batsmen and CSK would need to find a way of stopping him.

One of their bowler who could well be the man for the job is Harbhajan Singh and it is his experience of bowling to so many top batsmen over the years that should come into play tonight at Pune. In 11 games so far, he has taken 7 wickets and gone for 8.33 runs per over, but it is the sort of control that he brings into the attack that is so crucial. Additionally, Rahul’s 7 dismissals against spin so far this season is also a factor and hence, his tussle with Singh could turn out to be a classic.