West Indies and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Andre Russell reached the A hundredth-match mark for Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday.The 35-year-old all-rounder achieved this milestone throughout his aspect`s IPL 2023 match in opposition to Gujarat Titans on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The West Indies star made his IPL debut again in 2012 for Delhi Capitals (previously generally known as Delhi Daredevils) and represented the franchise until 2013. His stick with the franchise was underwhelming and he performed simply seven matches, scoring 58 runs in 4 innings and taking a wicket. But since 2014, Russell has been enjoying for KKR and has change into one of many crew`s marquee gamers since then.
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He gained the IPL 2014 title with the aspect. For KKR, within the 99 matches and 86 innings he has performed to this point, Russell has scored 2,085 runs at a mean of 30.21. He has scored 10 half-centuries for the aspect, with one of the best rating of 88*. He has additionally taken 93 wickets for the franchise, with greatest bowling figures of 5/15. In his complete IPL profession, Russell has performed 106 matches to this point.
He has scored 2,143 runs at a mean of 29.35. He has scored 10 half-centuries, with one of the best rating of 88*. He has additionally taken 94 wickets for the aspect, with greatest bowling figures of 5/15. Russell`s most profitable season was in 2019. He scored 510 runs in 14 innings at a mean of 56.66 and a large strike price of 204.81.
Four half-centuries got here out of his bat in that season, with a greatest particular person rating of 80*. He additionally took 11 wickets that season, with a mean of 26.09 and an financial system price of 9.51. His greatest bowling figures in that version of the league have been 2/21. He was declared because the `Most Valuable Player` that season.
Coming to the match, Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya gained the toss and opted to discipline in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League 2023 match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
KKR in-form batter Jason Roy will miss the match on account of a again subject and Rahmanullah Gurbaz will change him. Harshit Rana would play within the place of Umesh Yadav for Kolkata. Gujarat will play with the identical enjoying XI as within the final match.KKR are positioned in seventh place within the factors desk with three wins and 5 losses, whereas GT is within the third spot with 5 wins and two losses.
KKR vs GT Playing 11s
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya(c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): N Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.Â
