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

#2 Trent Boult v Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav

Sending in Suryakumar Yadav as an opener has been one of the best decisions from the MI this season and the youngster has delivered handsomely this far. He has emerged as the team’s top-scorer with exactly 500 runs and has clocked an average of 38.46, to go along with a strike rate of 131.57. He has been largely untroubled by most bowlers this year and has given MI excellent starts in almost every game.

In today’s game, he will be up against one of the best new ball bowlers in the world in the form of Trent Boult and that is going to be a big test for him. The Kiwi has everything that one looks for in a fast bowler and that has made him one of the most difficult bowlers to take liberties against. Boult is DD’s highest wicket-taker with 17 scalps and if he can remove Yadav early on, then MI will definitely be in trouble. On the other hand, if the MI batsman can weather the early storm and get runs off him, then DD could be in for a bit of punishment.