IPL 2018, MI vs RCB: 5 player battles to look out for

#4. AB de Villiers vs Krunal Pandya

Krunal Pandya has dismissed ABD in all the MI-RCB encounters he has played in

AB de Villiers has played a couple of fine knocks for RCB this season so far. The last match, however, he could not get going and got dismissed for 20. Nevertheless, RCB can expect the South African to deliver against Mumbai Indians at Mumbai. Of course, once ABD gets settled, he becomes the opposition’s nightmare.

However, in the past two seasons, there has been one bowler who has always got the better of AB de Villiers and he is Krunal Pandya. In the previous four encounters between MI and RCB, Krunal has always ended up dismissing De Villiers. The last match, Krunal bowled pretty well, taking two wickets against Delhi Daredevils and conceding 21 runs from three overs.

Krunal has been more than handy for Mumbai Indians as a bowler on several occasions and Rohit Sharma will definitely give him the ball today and probably with the primitive objective of dismissing De Villiers.