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In the eighth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by six w༒ickets at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
Chasing a paltry target of 138, the Knight Riders were struggling at 51/4 in seven overs. Before Punjab could dominate further, Andre Russell absolutely turned the tables with a blistering kno༒ck.
Russel♈l demolished 🎐the PBKS bowling attack and took KKR to a memorable victory. The Caribbean superstar took PBKS bowlers to the cleaners smashing them into the stands. He slammed as many as eight gigantic sixes during his unbeaten 31-ball 70 run knock to take KKR over the finish line.
Earlier, Umesh Yadav‘s splendid bowling inspired KKR to pack Punjab for just 137 in 18.2 overs. Yadav returned with his career-best figures in the cash-rich league and completely destroyed the PBKS batting lineup.
Yadav dismissed the likes of Mayank Agarwal (1), Liam Livingstone (19), Harpreet Brar (14), and Rahul Chahar (0) to com🔥plete his four-wicket haul while conceding 23 runs✅ in his quota of 4 overs, including a maiden.
“We showed some real fight with the ball initially and then Dre Russ came in and got going. Credit to him for taking the game away from us like that. I think it was a 170ish wicket. We started off well but could not capitalize, there were a few soft dismissals. But it is fine as it is the start of the tournament. They (bowlers) pulled it back nicely for us with 4 for 50, we were in the game, but Russell took the game away. There were a lot of positives to take away,” said PBKS captain Mayank after the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Visual representation of everyone seeing Andre's knock💜
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Russel Muscle. Brutal. Crazy power hitting.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Kkr is so much stronger with Andre Russell in the best🔴 mode!
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Similarity between Wrestle Mania and༺ Russell Mania
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
💥💜 RUSSELL'S BRUTALITY! It's ⛈️ sixes at the Wankhede courtesy of the 💪🏼 Russell!
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
. played just 2 games in last 2 seasons in the IPL. And even with the Indian team he only gets a game when someone's injured or rested. But such is his attitude that you never see him complain. Warms my heart to see him do well. One of the good guys.
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Umesh Yadav was not🐷 picked in initial auction rounds
And today he is one of the lea෴ding wicket takers of IPL.
Moral : Trust y🥃oursඣelf, even when no one else does.
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit)
Considering the conditions in Mumbai, KKR pick𝐆ing up is turning o🍎ut to be a great buy.
A hint of grass. Red plus yellow soil and 🐼more clay content.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
When you want the partyꦉ to get over asap- yo෴u turn on the Dre Russ mode on🔥
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Umesh Yadav should’ve bee🌺n bought in the very first round🅠 of the auction. Period.
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru)
Just imagine that went unsold in the first round of mega auction. And now he is holder
of .— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Damn.. Ru꧙ssell has batted like just three overs man. What unreal hitting.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
. played just 2 games in last 2 seasons in the IPL. And even with the Indian team he only gets a game when someone's injured or rested. But such is his attitude that you never see him complain. Warms my heart to see him do well. One of the good guys.
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
