IPL 2018, KKR vs DD: 6 players to watch out for in the match

Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils will be facing each other at the Firozshah Kotla in the 26th match of the IPL 2018.

KKR will try to consolidate their position further in the points table by winning this match whereas Daredevils will aim to earn those two precious points and climb up to avoid the embarrassment of being placed at the bottom end of the table.

Let us have a look at these six players who can win this match for their franchisee.

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# 1 Chris Lynn

Lynn produced a swashbuckling 93* against Gujrat Lions in the previous edition of the tournament.

Not only in that match, but in overall, he decimated the opposition bowlers that year. KKR was expecting something like that from him in this season too.

However, he was not able to put up that kind of performance until the last match when he came with all his guns blazing against Kings XI Punjab. His 74-off-41 helped his team to reach a huge total of 191.

He has181 runs, in total, to his name from six matches this year.

His fans would be expecting some 'Lynnsanity' from him in this match which he is known for.

# 2 Nitish Rana

Nitish Rana has been a mainstay in the KKR line-up

He has proved himself to be a valuable asset to the team since the very beginning of the IPL 2018.

Not only he has scored important runs but has also given crucial breakthroughs with his off-breaks whenever his team needed them.

He has scored 165 runs this year so far and has taken 4 wickets with an impressive average of 5.50.

# 3 Sunil Narine

Narine's exploits with the bat have helped KKR this season

Sunil Narine has been the backbone of the KKR bowling unit, especially the spin bowling department.

Not only he has done his job of picking wickets but has done it very economically. His economy rate is 6.36 which is the best for any IPL bowler.

He is doing his regular job just fine this year too. Additionally, he has made some useful contributions as an opener too, a new role that was assigned to him as an experiment previous year.

KKR would be hoping a noteworthy performance from him in the match with the ball as well as with the bat.

# 4 Shreyas Iyer

Iyer was recently appointed as the captain of the Delhi Daredevils side

Shreyas Iyer has been consistent more or less so far this season. This time, he will be carrying an extra responsibility of leading his team after Gambhir stepped down as a captain.

Eyes will be on him to see how he manages this extra burden rendered on his young shoulders.

He has scored 151 runs in six matches averaging 37.75 this season

# 5 Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant has a strike rate of 170.67 this season

This left-handed batsman has the ability to take down on any bowling attack when he is on his own.

We saw this in the match against RCB where he single-handedly took his team to a decent total of 174 thanks to his 85-off-48.

Responsibility will be on him to help his team rise in the points table which is currently positioned at the bottom.

# 6 Liam Plunkett

Plunkett made his debut in some style

He is only one match old in the IPL but Daredevils would be relying on him a lot. His spectacular bowling show helped in restricting Punjab to 143, although it proved too much at the end for Delhi as they fell short by four runs.

Nevertheless, his bowling figures of 4-0-17-3 was one of the positives for Delhi from that match.

Another excellent bowling spell is what Delhi would be hoping from the English pacer.