IPL 2017 Player battles: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Top 4 player encounters to look for

#4 Sunil Narine vs Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh scored a match-winning half-century in the first match

Sunil Narine has been KKR’s go-to bowler over the years. His mystery spin was at the heart of Kolkata’s two title triumphs in 2011 and 2014. Though he seems to have lost some of his wiliness after returning from a ban for a suspect bowling action, he is still very much capable of choking oppositions in the middle overs.

His spell of 1/19 from four overs was instrumental in helping KKR restrict Kings XI to a relatively moderate total of 170/9 after the rival team had raced away to 95/1 in the first 10 overs.

Yuvraj was the hero of SRH’s victory against RCB in the IPL opener this season when he blasted a 27-ball 62 to stun the opposition. With SRH not having too many experienced batsmen in the middle order, Yuvraj holds the responsibility of batting sensibly to boost his side’s cause.

The battle between these two can turn out to be very exciting in the middle overs. While Narine would like to continue with his run-choking business, Yuvraj would be determined to take him on and re-orchestrate the swashbuckling show he put on display against RCB.