IPL 2018, KKR v RR: 5 players battles to look forward to in the Eliminator

#1 Dinesh Karthik v Jofra Archer

Jofra Archer

The death overs of a T20 innings are crucial and games often turn on their heads in that period. Either the batting sides score big runs or the bowling sides pull it back through their death bowlers. In Dinesh Karthik, KKR have a batsman who has the ability to go absolutely ballistic in the death overs and if he does get to bat, then it could make for some very entertaining viewing for all fans. He has recorded a brilliant strike rate of 149.48 and has the ability to take the game away from the opposition in the rear end of the innings.

That being said, tonight he will be up against one of the best death bowlers in the world in RR’s Jofra Archer and that makes the battle between the two a potentially match-defining one. He has the pace, skills, varieties and intelligence to hold his own against any batsman. He has taken 13 wickets so far in 9 games and has recorded an economy rate of 8.38. He will relish the challenge posed by Karthik and it promises to be an epic battle.