Umesh Yadav has only dismissed Shikar Dhawan once in 14 meetings so far.
The PBKS skipper, Shikhar Dhawan will go up against the swing of and KKR pacer Umesh Yadav. although Dhawan has had a wood over him, Umesh Yadav is among the only five bowlers with 50 or more powerplay wickets in IPL and has ample experience behind him. Yadav has only dismissed Dhawan once in 14 meetings so far.
Sunil Narine is one of those rare spinners who enjoy bowling the death overs and is mighty effective in the middle overs as well. He is fantastic against the left-handers and have a great record against them. In IPL, he concedes runs only at a rate of 7.35 in the final five overs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa who had a brilliant 2022 season will have to be watchful against the mystery spin of Sun Narine.
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Nitish Rana the stand-in skipper for the Kolkata Knight Riders might have to tackle Rahul Chahar’s leg spin in the middle overs. The left-handed batter has been dismissed by leg spinners 18 times in 45 IPL innings, which is quite high for a left-handed batter. Rahul Chahar has dismissed him twice in just three meetings in the competition. Rana has gathered 25 runs against him off 19 deliveries so far and would love to better this stats tomorrow.
Arshdeep Singh has emerged as a dependable bowler in death overs for the Punjab Kings, after his performances for India, he will be high on confidence and will look to put his best forward tomorrow. He will be going up against Russell in the death over, who has a reputation for smashing any bowler out of the park. Andre Russell in has scored 16 runs off six deliveries against Arshdeep in the slog overs so far. The left-arm pacer has dismissed him once.
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