5 Exciting battles fans will look forward to in an IPL v PSL clash

2. Sarfraz Ahmed vs Ravichandran Ashwin

The 29-year-old enjoys the ability to score runs consistently at a brisk pace. He was recently elected captain after Pakistan’s poor performance in the 2016 T20 World Cup. His captaincy in the first edition of the PSL drew praise from all corners of the cricketing world after leading the Quetta Gladiators to the final. Despite being overlooked all these years the batsman has been increasingly consistent having scored 1421 runs in 106 matches at an impressive strike rate of 126.98.

Sarfaraz enjoys the ability to maturely build the innings in case of a batting collapse and explode in the last 5 overs which make him an extremely worthy competitor.

Ravichandran Ashwin is currently one of the best spinners in the game. He has already ensnared 200 batsmen in just 195 matches at an economy rate of 6.74. A bowling strike rate of 20.7 indicates how successful he has been in the format. MS Dhoni believed in the spinner to such a great extent that he was brought on by the skipper whenever a breakthrough was needed. The fact that the former CSK player rarely disappointed has encouraged Kohli to do the same.

Sarfraz Ahmed is very good at tackling spinners and the 30-year-old off spinner will be looking to use all his experience to outsmart him which will further pile up pressure on the Pakistan batting.