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#2 David Warner vs Praveen Kumar

Warner will look to get the Sunrisers off to a good start

A similar match up to the first, we might see the aggressive David Warner facing the gentle medium pace of Praveen Kumar. Despite being out of the reckoning for a place in the national side, Praveen Kumar has proven his sincerity and perseverance by continuing to toil hard and produce results – he was third on the list of bowlers with most dot balls in IPL 2016.

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However, trying to keep David Warner quiet might be a different ball game. Warner hasn’t been in the best of form through the Test series against India and fell cheaply in the opening game. That will only motivate him further to start contributing to the team’s cause as he did last year.