IPL 2018, CSK V DD: 5 player battles to look forward to

#3 Suresh Raina v Liam Plunkett

After a relatively slow start to the tournament, CSK’s star batsman Suresh Raina is back at his best and has scored two half-centuries (54 not out and 75 not out) in his last two games. He is currently averaging 51 and is striking at 139.72. The left-hander is one of the most important batsmen in the CSK batting line-up and if he gets going against DD tonight, then the visitors could see the game slipping out of their hands pretty quickly.

That being said, his weakness against fast, short-pitched stuff is pretty well known and in Liam Plunkett, DD have a bowler who can hit the deck hard. That would definitely make life uncomfortable for the batsman and considering the English fast bowler’s fine show in the two games so far, it promises to be an engrossing duel. In the two games that he has played so far, Plunkett has taken 3 wickets and recorded an outstanding economy rate of 5.12. He would like to continue his fine show at Pune tonight and preferably take the wicket of the CSK number 3.