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

#4 Amit Mishra v Kane Williamson

He is not a spectacular power-hitter but Kane Williamson goes about his job quietly and has become SRH’s highest run-scorer with an aggregate of 410 runs. The SRH captain is averaging 51.25 and striking at 131.83, which has made him the player around whom the batting can revolve. He is tough to dismiss and when he gets going, he can take on the best bowlers in the business. Hence, DD would need to find a way to get him as soon as possible if they are to derail SRH’s batting effort and their best bet in that regard could be their leg-spinner, Amit Mishra.

After a bit of a horror show in his first game against Kings XI Punjab, the leg-spinner has come back strongly and has become DD’s number 1 spinner again. He may have only taken 6 wickets so far but all those came in his last 4 games and his overall economy rate of 7.40 is ample proof about his role in the DD bowling attack. In the previous game, he returned superb figures of 2/19 in 4 overs and although he could not dismiss Williamson, he would dearly want to add him to his scalps tonight.