Andre Russell played an inning of 24 runs in 14 balls against Mumbai Indians.
In IPL 2024, the big match of 11th May is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens. Due to rain, the overs were reduced to 16-16 overs. KKR has set a target of 158 runs for Mumbai Indians to win.
Mumbai Indians spin bowler Piyush Chawla has shown the way to the pavilion to Andre Russell by bowling the ball at a speed of 117 km per hour, which is being discussed a lot on social media.
This is how Andre Russell got trapped in Piyush Chawla’s trap.
The 13th over of Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings was bowled by Piyush Chawla. 9 runs had come on the first five balls of the over. Chawla bowled the last ball at a speed of 117 km per hour, on which Andre Russell tried to pull and hit a big shot. The ball went in the air and Anshul Kamboj took a brilliant catch at deep square leg. Andre Russell had to return to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs in 14 balls.
Piyush Chawla bowled at 117kph to dismiss Andre Russell.
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Piyush Chawla has taken two big wickets for 28 runs in 3 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders today. Before Russell, he had dismissed Venkatesh Iyer (42) in the 9th over.
Venkatesh Iyer good innings for KKR
Batting first after losing the toss against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata scored 157 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. The team had lost three wickets at the score of 40. Phil Salt (6), Sunil Narine (0) and captain Shreyas Iyer (7) were returned to the pavilion cheaply.
Nitish Rana (33), Andre Russell (24), Rinku Singh (20) made important contributions by playing short innings. Ramandeep Singh scored unbeaten 17 runs in 8 balls. Whereas Venkatesh Iyer played the highest innings of 42 runs in 21 balls for the team. Jasprit Bumrah and Piyush Chawla took 2-2 wickets for Mumbai Indians. Whereas Nuwan Thushara and Anshul Kamboj took 1-1 wicket.