IPL 2018, MI vs KXIP:5 player battles to look forward to 

#1 Jasprit Bumrah v Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle

The KXIP opening batsman started off his tournament like an express train but Chris Gayle seems to have gone off the boil a bit in the last 4 games (scores of 8,1,21,18) and he would dearly like to make a telling contribution in tonight’s game. In a small, batting-friendly ground like the Wankhede, the menace posed by the Jamaican looms large and the MI bowlers would need to be at their very best.

Their best option tonight against Gayle is going to be their Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who has an excellent record against the Jamaican. He has only given away 26 runs off the 27 deliveries that he has bowled to him and that could be very useful when it comes to the task of keeping him from launching the KXIP innings with a flourish. If Bumrah can take his wicket early on, then the visitors batting line-up might implode yet again.