IPL 2018: SRH vs RR - 3 key player battles to look forward to
Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Rajasthan Royals will begin their campaign on Monday and will be the last two teams to start their IPL season 11.
Both the teams had a good auction, but both lost their captains, who were retained prior to the auction. Only time will tell which team will be capable enough to reach the playoff. As of now, both teams are capable and have an interesting mix of players.
D'Arcy Short vs Rashid Khan
Short and Rashid played important roles in their teams, helping reach the finals. Short was the top run scorer in last BBL with 504 runs and was the player of the tournament, but couldn't take his team past the Strikers in the finals.
Even though Rashid did not play that finale due to national duty, he helped the strikers with great bowling performances and ended up topping the bowling stats in most wickets (18) and best economy rate (5.65).
The rivalry between the two has been pretty even till now, but one can say that Rashid had a slight upper hand. In one of the two league stage matches between the sides, Short scored 96 runs off 58 deliveries and took his team to victory, but the figures of Rashid were 2-18 from 4 overs.
An economy of 4.5, when Short was scoring two runs a ball, is commendable and is the reason for Rashid having the upper hand.