User blog comment:DazzlingEmerald/DEATH BATTLE: Hinata vs Sakura/@comment-973828-20141020165219

Going to be a devil's advocate here: it's really up to whoever delivers the first blow. If we assume that Hinata and Sakura understand each other's strengths and weaknesses and fight according to them, it creates a sort of meta where Sakura would avoid dedicating herself to a direct taijutsu confrontation against Hinata, resorting to more cunning options, while Hinata would be trying to play Sakura into her Gentle Fist. Kakashi was afraid of getting hit directly by Sakura, alluding to her raw power, and Hinata can drop anyone in a single blow to the right tenketsu.