KPL 2018 | Bijapur Bulls eye title in second consecutive final appearance

After a one-sided semi-final clash against the Tigers, now the focus of Bijapur will be on the final against Bengaluru. Considering their successful opening pair and spin bowling combination, the champions from the 2015 edition will try to outplay the Blasters. On the other hand, the Blasters have never won the title apart from the first edition when the city franchise was called Provident Bangalore. The league game between these two teams was abandoned without toss because of rain in Hubli.

In the bowling department, the spin twin of KC Cariappa and KP Apanna will once again shoulder the responsibility. Apanna scalped a couple of wickets for the Bulls in the semi-final game and so far he has picked up eight wickets from five games this season. On the other hand, Cariappa's economical bowling will be the key for the team as well. His economy rate is only 4.9 which is magnificent as per T20 standards.Skipper Robin Uthappa and Pavan Deshpande have been scoring well for the Blasters. The international cricketer will look forward to using his experience of playing in big matches. Deshpande is the second highest run-scorer of the tournament so far with 196 runs. In bowling, leggie Shreyas Gopal will be a player to watch out for especially after his match-winning figure of 3/13 in the semis against Mysuru Warriors.

With the tournament reaching the final stage, the pitch at Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore has taken a lot of wear and tear. It has produced low-scoring matches with the total hovering around 130 in T20 games this year. The behaviour is likely to remain same with possibilities of the track assisting the spinners of both the teams. 

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