IPL 2018 SRH vs KKR: 5 player battles to look forward to between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders

#4 Rashid Khan v Nitish Rana

Nitish Rana

A large part of the credit for the superb performance of the SRH bowling attack this season is down to Rashid Khan’s superb bowling and in tonight’s game, he would be involved in a duel with KKR’s middle-order batsman Nitish Rana. The left-handed batsman plays at a pivotal position like number 4 and he would be tasked with the job of handling the Afghan ace tonight. Khan has taken 16 wickets in 13 games so far and has only given away 7.17 runs an over. This goes to show the sort of danger he poses as a bowler. He doesn’t give away many runs and he also picks up wickets.

Although the KKR batsman has not made bit scores in his last few games, he got off to starts in two of those (two scores of 21) and he would need to put his best foot forward tonight if he is to tackle the world’s pre-eminent T20 spin bowler. It is going to be one of the most important passages of play for either team and whoever comes out on top is going to give his team a big advantage.