Russell’s stormy innings created history, the first player to do so in IPL

In the 61st match of IPL 2022, Andre Russell got a glimpse of him. In this match played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Andre Russell was successful with both ball and bat. Russell batted first in this match and then gave the team victory by bowling lethal. Russell also made 2 big records in this match.

Russell created history in IPL
Andre Russell scored an unbeaten 49 off 28 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Russell hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in this innings. With this, Russell also completed his 2000 runs as the fastest in IPL history. He has become the first batsman to reach the 2000 mark in the fewest balls in the IPL. Andre Russell completed 2000 thousand runs in just 1120 balls. Earlier this record was in the name of Virender Sehwag. He did this feat in the lowest 1211 balls.

Lethal bowling against SRH
Andre Russell bowled brilliantly in this match. He took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs. He has now taken 17 wickets in this season. After this performance, Russell has become the first player in the history of IPL to have scored more than 250 runs and more than 10 wickets in 4 IPL seasons. Russell overtook Jacques Kallis in this case, he had done such a feat 3 times.

Brilliant win for KKR
In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) scored 177 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs due to the brilliant innings of Andre Russell. KKR gave a target of 178 runs to win Hyderabad, which the Hyderabad team could not achieve. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) could only manage 123 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.