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The Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, after their spine-tingling clash in the last season, are all set to go against each other again. Apart from the team’s rivalry, let us take a look at some interesting individual player battles.
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Virat Kohli vs Ravichandran Ashwin
Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are two legends of Indian cricket and the Indian Premier League. They have played many games against each other, but the match-ups between them seem to be quite one-sided and dominated by Virat Kohli.
He has faced 145 of his deliveries from 22 innings and has been able to score 179 runs, which includes 13 boundaries and six sixes. He has been out just once to him with an extraordinary average of 179.
Ruturaj Gaikwad vs Josh Hazlewood
Ruturaj Gaikwad has been the leader of the Chennai team since Dhoni stepped down and has been scoring runs consistently. Josh Hazlewood too has put up great performances in the shortest format of the game and earned his place in the team well.
The right-handed batter has been under pressure in front of Hazlewood as he has been able to score just nine runs from 14 balls he has faced. Hitting just one boundary, he has also been out one to him and would be looking forward to bettering his records.
Shivam Dube vs Krunal Pandya
Shivam Dube has made his name as a six-hitter against spinners, bashing them with towering sixes without any foot movements. Krunal Pandya, on the other hand, is referred to as a street-smart bowler who doesn’t have many variations but sticks to the correct line and length.
Being a left-arm spinner to left-handed Dube, according to usual match-ups, he should be dominating him, but that is not the case. Although Krunal has not got him out even once, he has managed to keep him quiet as he has given just 19 runs off his 16 balls, including just two boundaries.
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