KKR superstar Andre Russell kicked off his IPL 2024 campaign with a bang as he blasted 64* runs in only 25 balls against SRH at the Eden Gardens in match number 2 of the IPL 2024.
Andre Russell launched a stunning assault on the SRH bowlers, clobbering them for 3 fours and 7 sixes and lit up the Eden. His knock meant that KKR went from 119/6 in the 14th over to beyond 200.
SRH skipper Pat Cummins had won the toss and opted to bowl first. SRH were on top at one point when they had KKR in trouble at 51/4 and then at 119/6. But KKR’s two best batters – Rinku Singh and Andre Russell – were now at the crease and the pair pulled off a stunning finish to put the team’s total to 208.
Andre Russell and Rinku put on a partnership of 81 (33), out of which Rinku scored only 15 and Russell cracked 62 (23). Russell’s assault was simply sensational with barely a mistimed or misconnected hit.
This stunning display of power-hitting from Andre Russell led to some funny memes on Twitter:
With the ball, too, Russell made an instant impact by taking the wicket of SRH opener Abhishek Sharma. Russekk bounced out Abhishek Sharma, who mistimed his pull shot to fine leg.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
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