Will Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s ‘Toofan’ be able to stop Bengaluru’s bowling attack? what amazing will happen today

2. Bhuvi vs Vaibhav: Swing vs Attack
When Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts bowling in today’s match, he will face a challenge that is exactly half his age. These two have not faced each other in IPL till now. But statistics show that this contest is between the ‘Sultan of Swing’ and the ‘King of Powerplay’. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has so far hit sixes using the pace of bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar dodges not with speed but with ‘movement’. Vaibhav’s technique is based on the front-foot, where he comes in line with the ball and strikes. This is where Bhuvi’s experience comes in handy; His late swing can target Vaibhav’s pads or stumps. If Vaibhav senses Bhuvi’s swing, then there will be a pile of runs, but if Bhuvi ‘beats’ him in the beginning, then it will be the biggest test of Vaibhav’s patience. On one hand there is the experience of 170+ IPL matches, and on the other hand there is the heart of a 15 year old boy who brought the world’s best bowler to his knees. Today Guwahati will decide whether ‘swing’ or ‘swag’ will win!

3. Spin maze
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been fond of ‘fast pace’ till now. The faster the ball came, the faster it went out of the boundary. But if RCB’s two clever spinners, Suyyash and Krunal come in front of them, then the battle will be fun.

Suyyash Sharma: Suyyash’s googly is like a puzzle, which turns out to be outside for a left-handed batsman. While Vaibhav prepares the ‘launch pad’ for big hits, Suyyash does not give the batsmen a chance to open their hands with his stingy economy of 5.25.

Krunal Pandya: Krunal is that bowler who pushes the batsman on the boring path of ‘singles’. Vaibhav’s nature is to talk in ‘fours and sixes’, and Krunal’s strength is to make him crave for one run each. It will be exciting to see whether this 15 year old boy will be able to dance to this spin breakdance or will he fall into the trap!

4. ‘Bounce’ test of Duffy and Abhinandan
If Bhuvi’s swing and the web of spinners does not work, then RCB will turn to its pace attack. Jacob Duffy can take advantage of his height to get extra bounce from the Guwahati pitch. Since Vaibhav likes to play on the front-foot, Duffy’s short-pitched balls can prove to be a test for him. On the other hand, young Abhinandan Singh has impressed everyone with his precise pace in the last match. He will try to push Vaibhav onto the back-foot with his fast balls. Duffy’s bounce and Abhinandan’s speed will be a different kind of challenge for Vaibhav. If Vaibhav loses his coordination even a little here, then the pace of runs may get slowed down.

So what will happen?
For RCB bowlers, Vaibhav is like an ‘out of syllabus’ question, the answer to which they have never read before. Whatever happens on the field today, it will be a ‘first sight match’. Either bold, or gold across the boundary!