Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Sunrisers look Within and Kolkaa Seek to repeat, to Stay Alive

                Sunrisers would have  never thought playing an eliminator with the way they positioned in the points table, but they couldn't cross the Kolkata line once again in the Crunch game. Now they face on the same challenge in the eliminator, as Kolkata Knight Riders look to repeat the senanerio on Wednesday at Delhi.
              It seems Sunrisers struggling with the bat on dry pitches where there is bit on offer for spinners and their uncharacteristic drops in the field costed them in the last couple of games. While middle order hasn't been consistent enough to take them over the line, so with the things going around once again much pressure lies on consistent openers.
             Although bowling as been their strength in restricting oppstions to a par total and also in defending, but Sunrisers will definitely miss the experience of Nehra in terms of bowling tactics. But still it looks good attack to posses with, while they are fluctating  to figure out one between Morgan and Williamson.
              On the other side Kolkata came up with a different story with not quite here or not quite there, in the frist half it's mostly about their top order and well balanced bowling attack. But things got change with uneven results, where the middle order became more tougher for oppstions to handle.
               At the business end openers struggled in making starts, but middle order batsmen made it look easy alongside their mystery and wrist spinners. Mumbai's loss also came as an blessing at the end, eventhough they showed good fight against Hyderabad in making it to playoffs.
                The pitch at Dehli known for it's slowness at the business end with offering enough assistance for spinners and with expected showers in the afternoon seamers might get movement side ways early on.
                Meanwhile Sunrisers liklely to stick with the sanme playing XI, but might tempet to bring in Morgan in place of Williamson. At the other end Russell return will strengthen the side even more and also Kolkata likely to use Morkel’s experience in the Crunch game.
                So there will be no more  chances a win keeps them alive for the final and a loss kicks them out, it's all about handling pressure well in these games and at the end the contest lies on, how Hyderabad batsmen handle Kolkata's spin attack ?

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