IPL 2017 Player Battles: Top 4 player encounters to look for in the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils match

#2 Yuzvendra Chahal vs Karun Nair

Chahal has been the go-to bowler for Kohli for the last two seasons

The Delhi Daredevils have lost a couple of key batsmen due to injury, making Karnataka lad Karun Nair their key batsman for this campaign. Likely to come at number three, it would be Karun’s job to hold the fort at one end and look to deliver a couple of decisive blows in the final stages of the innings.

However, he will have his work cut out as he will come up against the opposition’s best bowler – Yuzvendra Chahal.

Chahal is a proven performer in the IPL and has delivered the goods on numerous occasions for Royal Challengers Bangalore. A crafty bowler, the Haryana lad’s most potent weapon is the googly.

Karun is a very good player of spin. But his biggest challenge lies in rotating the strike while the likes of Corey Anderson, Chris Morris, and Sam Billings have struggled against quality slow bowlers in the past.

With agile players by his side, Karun will look to convert the ones into twos and try to make most of Chahal’s bowling. The latter, meanwhile, will try his best to pick up the all important wicket of Nair through his miserly bowling.

The Daredevils have one of the most exciting squads in the tournament. With both sides losing key players, this game is vital in determining the future of the two sides.