KKR Falters With Bat But Twitter Has Word of Praise For Russell

Andre Russell’s knock of a 44-ball 50 helped Kolkata finish with 109/8 against Chennai Super Kings at the Chepauk.

Andre Russell scored a 44-Ball 50 for Kolkata Knight Riders at the Chepauk on Tuesday. 

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Kolkata Knight Riders aided by Andre Russell’s knock of a 44-ball 50 managed to finish with 108/8 against Chennai Super Kings after they were asked to bat by MS Dhoni on a slow Chepauk wicket.

CSK’s spin trio of Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets among themselves after Deepak Chahar rattled through the KKR top order as took three wickets in his first three overs.

The pitch in Chennai was slow and stroke play was difficult as none of the top-order batsmen were able to come up with any substantial score.

Kolkata were down to 44 for 5 in nine overs when Andre Russell came into bat. He scored an unbeaten 50 as Kolkata reached 109/8 in their 20 overs.

Meanwhile, Despite the batting failure Twitter users were busy tweeting about how valiantly Andre Russell held his bat all through out the innings to take Kolkata to a respectable total.