IPL 2024 Trade: RCB gets Andre Russell from KKR by trade!!

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Andre Russell's towering sixes remain in the minds of cricket fans. Apart from international cricket, Russell has also left his mark in the Indian Premier League(IPL). He played many memorable innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. Russell's contribution to KKR has been good so far. However, last season was nothing special for him. Despite this, KKR retained Russell. However, it is believed that the upcoming IPL may see a major change in the team. In that case, this Russell can be seen in other teams. It is heard that Royal Challengers Bangalore are very interested in signing him. They are also ready to trade with Kolkata for that.

Andre Russell on his way to Bangalore

This time KKR will field with its regular captain Shreyas Iyer. Nitish Rana took over the captaincy last season when Iyer was injured. Apart from this, Gautam Gambhir has again entered this team. Gautam Gambhir, who won the IPL trophy twice under his captaincy. Now joined the team as a consultant. Also many more changes can be seen in the team in coming days. Apart from Russell, among the foreign players, Sunil Narine is an important part of this team. But with the arrival of Gambhir, there may be a big change in the team. It is heard that Virat Kohli's RCB team is ready to trade him. And because of that, he can be seen in a new team in the new season.

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Andre Russell's IPL Salary and Impact on the Games

Andre Russell IPL Career

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Andre Russell is a representative player of West Indies. He is known in the T20 world at the name of Russell Massel for his devastating batting. He is a famous all rounder of West Indies. Russell is a right-handed batsman and right-arm Seam bowler. Russell made his first IPL debut in 2012. First he played for Delhi Daredevils. Russell played for Delhi Daredevils till 2012-2013. After that Delhi Daredevils released him. Because Russell could not do well for Delhi Daredevils in the 2012-2013 season. After that, he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014. KKR bought  Russell for 60 lakh rupees. 

If we look at Russell's IPL career it will be seen that he has played 112 matches so far. 2262 runs came from his bat during this period. 2262 runs came from his bat during this period. He scored 10 half centuries in IPL. Russell took 96 wickets with the ball in addition to catching attention with the bat. IPL 2023 did not go well for Russell. Last time he played 14 matches. During this time he scored 227 runs. Along with that, Russell took 7 wickets. The 2022 season was very good for him. The impressive Russell took 17 wickets. He also scored 335 runs.

Andre Russell IPL Records 

1) Russell is the first player in IPL to take 4 wickets in an over.

2) Russell's name has the highest strike rate in IPL history.

3) In IPL history, the record of fastest 1000 runs and fastest 50 wickets is Russell's name.

4) Russell is the only batsman who bats with 50+ average and 200+ strike rate.

5) Russell is the only player to do a double of 300+ runs and 10+ wickets in a single season 4 times.

6) He faced lowest balls/six ratio(6.50) in IPL history.

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