All eyes will be on Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who enters the contest after a rare setback. In the previous game against SRH, Prafulla Hinge had exposed a potential weakness, dismissing the young batsman for a duck with a sharp, rising delivery that forced him to make room.

KKR are likely to target the same area. Interestingly, Vaibhav Arora, who had dismissed Suryavanshi in his meeting last year, may be given this responsibility again.

This sets up an interesting competition. Can the 15-year-old adapt to the short ball, or will KKR’s pace attack once again expose the chinks in his armour?