IPL 2018, SRH vs RCB: 5 player battles to look forward to between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore

#1 Rashid Khan v AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers

He is quite possibly the most dangerous batsman in the IPL and RCB suffered a bit when he was not unavailable for two games. However, his return to the side in the last game wasn’t particularly great as he got stumped for 1 against CSK and RCB’s innings disintegrated soon after. That being said, he is a player who has no weakness against any kind of bowling and can take any bowler to the cleaners.

He has recorded an average of 46.83 in 7 games, to go along with an astonishing strike rate of 180.12 and it his battle with SRH’s star leg-spinner Rashid Khan that is going to be the highlight of the game.

The Afghan is the most important constituent of the SRH bowling machine and his record in the games that the team has won is quite outstanding. He has taken 10 wickets and gone for only 5.4 an over in the 7 games that SRH have won so far.

Additionally, his vice-like grip on the batsmen in the middle-overs has also been quite extraordinary and that is why the challenge against de Villiers is a mouth-watering one. The South African is going to go after him and therein lies the prospect of an epic contest.