West Indies all-rounder Andre Russel added a brand new sports activities automotive to his storage. Flaunting his new buy on Instagram, Russel posted a video of himself entering into the inexperienced color Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R automotive. “As a ghetto yute I always dream big. But with hard work, and sacrifices dreams become reality. god is good,” Russel wrote within the caption whereas tagging his West Indies and Kolkata Knight Riders teammate Sunil Narine. The Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R automotive comes with a price ticket of as much as Rs 2.71 crore.
Congratulating Russel on the acquisition, his former KKR teammate and Indian batter Surya Kumar Yadav wrote the automotive was the primary of many to return. “Congratulations big man. One of many,” Yadav wrote. Chris Gayle, Sheldon Cottrell, Darren Sammy and South Africa’s Tabrez Shamsi had been among the many different cricketers who dropped their response in feedback to Russel’s submit.
Andre Russel was retained by KKR for Rs 12 crore forward of the IPL 2022 mega auctions this 12 months. Justifying the hefty value and confidence infused by the franchise, Russel shone with a number of key performances for KKR within the season. Though the facet finally didn’t qualify for the playoffs, Russel remained one of many prime performers and completed the season with 35 runs at a median of over 37 and at a strike charge of virtually 174.48.
This included a quickfire 28-ball 49 that powered KKR to 177 towards Sunrisers Hyderabad within the 61st sport of IPL 2022. After his batting brilliance, Russel returned to assert three wickets whereas giving simply 22 runs and led his facet to victory.
The Jamaican additionally had a formidable season with the ball as he picked 17 wickets in his 14 matches together with a five-wicket haul towards the Gujarat Titans.
Russel began off his IPL profession with Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) earlier than shifting to KKR in 2014. In 98 IPL video games up to now, Russel has scored 2035 runs at a median of 30.37 and a staggering strike charge of 177.88. With the ball, the Jamaican has scaled 89 wickets with a median of 24.48 and a better of 5/15 towards GT.
Meanwhile, the all-rounder has been lacking from the West Indies nationwide squad for the reason that T20I World Cup in Dubai. forward of the T20 World Cup in Australia, Russel was anticipated to return again to the facet, nonetheless, his title didn’t characteristic within the squad for the continuing Pakistan tour of the Caribbean facet.
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