Royal Challengers Bangalore were on course of their first win in Indian Premier League this season. That was until Andre Russell broke loose.
The West Indian all-rounder scored 48 runs in just 13 balls as Kolkata Knight Riders cruised to a win after chasing 203 runs with five balls to spare.
Russell, who had failed to open his account on the first two balls, hit seven sixes and a four in his innings and stayed unbeaten as KKR climbed up to the second spot in the points table. They have six points from four games.
The social media was abuzz after Russell’s power hitting and the fans wanted to know what is in Russell’s bat.
Hey @cariappa14 do you have the license to own these gun @Russell12A just gifted you? 🤣#AndreRussell #IPL2019 #RCBvKKR #KKRHaiTaiyaar #KolkataKnightRiders #IndianPremierLeague pic.twitter.com/JRpLXRkQsJ
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 5, 2019
Andre Russell in #IPL2019:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) April 5, 2019
Balls faced - 77
Sixes - 22
Fours - 12
That's a six every 3.5 balls and a boundary (4 or 6) every 2.3 balls. Insane! #RCBvKKR
Before this IPL, the most runs chased down in the last 3 overs to win were 50 runs.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) April 5, 2019
KKR - courtesy Andre Russell - have already chased down 53 runs in last 3 overs TWICE in 4 matches! #RCBvKKR
Terrible last four overs by RCB. Bowlers lost their nerve seeing Russell with bat in hand. Think they’ll be avoiding Kohli tonite
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) April 5, 2019
Russell Clobbers Bangalore #RCBvKKR
— Amol Karhadkar (@karhacter) April 5, 2019
Rahul Gandhi has a better chance at winning than RCB.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) April 5, 2019
Has to be the scariest in world cricket #DreRuss
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 5, 2019
Players appearing in most LOST matches in the #IPL (excluding super-overs):
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) April 5, 2019
86 Virat Kohli
85 Robin Uthappa
81 Rohit Sharma
79 Dinesh Karthik
75 Amit Mishra
75 AB de Villiers#RCBvKKR#IPL2019
WINDIES TEAM FOR 2019 WORLD CUP@Russell12A and any other 10
— Brian Lara (@BrianLara) April 5, 2019
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📸 @KKRiders
.#KKRvRCB #AndreRussell #VIVOIPL2019 #IPL2019 #westindies #Cricket #WorldCup2019 pic.twitter.com/R7cu9hkncT
Lesson for other teams, don't take Nitish Rana or Dinesh Karthik's wicket to save yourself from the wrath of Andre Russell. #KKRvRCB #RCBvKKR pic.twitter.com/6h4swBRyAh
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 5, 2019
Looks like MC Sher meets Andre Russell before every match to say, “Tere andar ka lava fatt ke baahar aane de”.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) April 5, 2019
That was unreal from Andre Russell #RCBvKKR
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 5, 2019
Damn man .. that was just out of any league #andrerussell #RCBvKKR #IPL pic.twitter.com/bHRLT9sgho
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) April 5, 2019
ANDRE THE GIANT!!!!!! What a beast !!!!!! What am I seeing?!?! #AndreRussell #RCBvKKR 🤪🏏🦖
— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) April 5, 2019
Any asking rate is child’s play for Andre Russell . What a victory ! #RCBvsKKR
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 5, 2019
Introduce a RED CAP and give it to Andre Russell for this season. #IPL
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 5, 2019
#AndreRussell What a player! Unforgettable batting! #RCBvKKR
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) April 5, 2019
Andre Russell is just ridiculous!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) April 5, 2019
Andre Russell’s mathematics teacher’s big complaint was that he only learnt the 6 multiplication table.
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 5, 2019