2024-03-24 12:41:11
Kolkata: Andre Russell has issued a warning to all the teams with the start of IPL 2024. This all-rounder of Kolkata Knight Riders scored fifty in just 20 balls in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. When Russell came out to bat, KKR had lost 6 wickets for 119 runs in 14 overs. After 15 overs the team’s score was 123 runs. After this the Andre Russell show started. The entire team along with Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins were unable to understand how to stop Russell.
Russell broke every bowler
Andre Russell crushed the bowlers of Sunrisers Hyderabad from the 16th over. He hit three sixes in a single over against leg spinner Mayank Markande. Then Bhuvneshwar Kumar hit a six and a four. Russell also hit a six against Natraj in the 18th over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s 19th over was the most expensive. 26 runs were scored in this. Russell hit two sixes and two fours in this. In this over, he completed his fifty in 20 balls.
Russell completes 200 IPL sixes
Andre Russell has also completed 200 sixes in IPL. He hit his 200th six in the 97th innings. Before Russell, 8 batsmen have hit more than 200 sixes. Chris Gayle has hit the maximum number of 357 sixes. However, Russell has become the batsman to hit 200 sixes on the fewest balls.
200 sixes on the fewest balls in IPL
1322 – Andre Russell
1811 – Chris Gayle
2055 – Kieron Pollard
2790 – AB de Villiers
3126 – MS Dhoni
3798 – Rohit Sharma
Added 81 runs with Rinku
There was a partnership of 81 runs for the 7th wicket between Rinku Singh and Andre Russell. Both of them scored these runs on just 33 balls. In this, the contribution of an explosive batsman like Rinku was only 15 runs. Russell alone scored 62 runs. Hyderabad bowlers gave 85 runs in the last 5 overs. Between 16th and 19th overs, 77 runs were scored at a run rate of 19.25. Natarajan bowled tightly in the last over and gave only 8 runs. KKR scored 208 runs for 7 wickets.