IPL 2018, Qualifier 2, KKR vs SRH: 5 talking points

#1 Rashid Khan's wizardry with the ball

Rashid Khan picked up three key KKR wickets conceding just 19 runs in his four overs

Time and again, Rashid Khan has shown why he is ranked the premier T20 bowler in the world and it was hardly a surprise that the Afghan spinner proved the match-winner yet again for SRH.

After his heroics with the bat, and his role in the run-out of Nitish Rana, Rashid started his magic with the ball in hand, and the fear factor that the KKR batsmen had when they faced the 19-year-old was for everyone to see.

How else can one explain someone like Robin Uthappa, a very good player of spin bowling, attempt a reverse sweep off the first ball he was facing from Rashid. Not surprisingly, it cost Uthappa his wicket, and more importantly, gave Rashid exactly the kind of start he was hoping for and triggered a sense of panic in the KKR dugout.

Rashid stepped it up with the wickets of Chris Lynn and Andre Russell, the latter beautifully worked out by Kane Williamson, firmly shifting the game in his side's favour.

There was no keeping away Rashid from the action tonight, as he finished off with the catches of Shivam Mavi and Shubman Gill, to seal the fate of KKR and no prizes for guessing who walked away with the Man-of-the-Match award tonight.