ANDRE RUSSELL
Andre Russell has become quite the force in T20 cricket and certainly risen up to the ranks of legends in the format. The man with the highest strike rate (186.42) in IPL history has been the finisher for KKR that they wanted badly for the previous few seasons.
He has been in form in the last couple of years and has never looked more dangerous. He has a special liking for the spinners and hits them well into the stands in any part of the innings. The turning point was Dre Russ in the IPL was probably the 36-ball 88 against CSK when his side was reeling at 89/5. Courtesy of this humongous knock, KKR posted 202/6 on the board.
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Another famous knock in the same season against the RCB rose his stakes as ‘the finisher KKR wanted’. At one stage, KKR needed 53 runs off 24 balls and Russell raced to 48 runs off 13 balls as if he was playing a video game. He took KKR over the line with 5 balls to spare!
This is the exact Russell that KKR would like to show up in the UAE and take the responsibility of taking his side over the line more often than not. With 1400 IPL runs at a strike rate of 186.42, the bowlers are most likely to ask for hamstring injuries rather than an over against this man!
