IPL 2018, DD vs KKR: 5 player battles to look forward to 

#2 Glenn Maxwell v Kuldeep Yadav

The Australian all-rounder is amongst the most brutal power-hitters in limited over cricket and when DD made Glenn Maxwell their big money acquisition in this year’s auction, it was expected that he would give them the middle-order firepower that they sorely lacked. However, things have not turned out according to plan thus far and although he has recorded a strike rate of 166.07, the right-handed batsman not been able to post a substantial score yet.

That being said, it must be remembered that he got his highest score of 47 against KKR in the previous game and hit 3 fours and 4 sixes. He is an excellent hitter of spinners and therein lies the tantalizing prospect of an almighty battle against KKR’s Kuldeep Yadav. In the previous encounter, Maxwell hit him for two sixes but in the end, the left-arm leg-spinner got his wicket and that is why it promises to be such an interesting battle. Maxwell has recorded a strike rate of 151.4 in T20s against spin bowlers since 2015 and if he can play at that rate, then he could well break the back of the KKR attack.