IPL 2019: MI vs KXIP - 3 interesting player battles to watch out for

#2 KL Rahul vs Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah cleverly struck against Rahul to keep his side's playoffs hopes alive last year

The person with the most lethal yorkers and the person with the fastest IPL fifty, this is one encounter that no cricket fan would want to miss out on. While KL Rahul's elegant stroke play and hard hitting abilities is second to none in his team, he will be facing the best death bowler in this format of the game - Jasprit Bumrah.

Bumrah is someone whom you can count upon to defend even 5 runs off the final over and what makes the encounter more interesting is that Rahul opens batting for Kings XI Punjab while Bumrah usually bowls his first spell in the power play overs. Going by previous years' performances, Bumrah brilliantly dismissed a set Rahul on 94 to hand over Mumbai a win from the claws of Punjab. It will be interesting to see if he can do the same thing for his team this year too.