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

#2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar v Chris Lynn

Chris Lynn

After sitting out of the last game in which the SRH conceded in excess of 200, the team’s pace spearhead is expected to come back into the side tonight and Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s opening battle with KKR’s Chris Lynn is going to be a high-voltage one. The Australian is maybe one of the world’s most destructive players but he has been playing a different game this year in the IPL and has been the player around whom the rest of the batting has tried to revolve. That being said, he is still capable of brutal hitting and if he can go after Kumar in the early exchanges, then it would give KKR a huge advantage in this game.

On the other hand, Kumar is one of the world’s craftiest bowlers, who is accurate, intelligent and has the ability to move the new ball either way. Lynn, the world’s premier T20 batsman, would be up against one of the world’s premier fast bowlers and that makes it a contest a hugely exciting one. Every cricket fan would be looking forward to this particular battle.