Andre Russell - A modern Caribbean superstar

The West Indies has for long enthralled the sporting world with some of the finest cricketers. Known for their larger than life personalities and impeccable skills on the field, the West Indies squad is most certainly not known for putting on a dull show. From the list of popular players that have come from these islands, among the newest is Andre Russell. The strong athlete is renowned for an active all-round performance on the field. Jamaican born cricketer Andre Russell comes with an experience of over 150 international matches under his belt. So let us take a closer look at the exploits of cricketer Andre Russell.

Andre Russell Personal Details:

Name	Andre Rusell
Date of Birth	29 April 1988
Birthplace	Kingston
Height	6 ft 1.5 Inches
Playing Role	Right Handed Batsman / Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Spouse	Jassym Lora

Andre Russel - Key statistics and achievements:

A specialist of limited overs cricket, Andre Russell’s batting is a spectacle to be watched. It’s a delight to watch Russell as he goes toe-to-toe with some of the best cricketers. His incredible stats in batting is the cherry on the cake to his already impressive bowling figures.

Andre Russell Batting Stats

Format	Matches	Innings	Runs	Highest score	Average	Strike Rate	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	1	1	2	2	2	22.22	0	0	0	0	0
ODI	56	47	1034	92	27.21	130.23	0	0	4	94	57
T20I	47	39	465	47	17.88	141.34	0	0	0	30	32
IPL	64	52	1400	88	33.33	186.42	0	0	8	96	120

Andre Russell Bowling Stats

Format	Matches	Innings	Balls Bowled	Runs	Wickets	BBM	Economy	Average	Strike Rate	5W	10W
Test	1	2	138	104	1	1/104	4.52	104	138	0	0
ODI	56	55	2290	2229	70	4/35	5.84	31.84	32.71	0	0
T20I	47	40	595	908	25	2/10	9.16	36.32	23.8	0	0
IPL	64	61	1039	1538	55	4/20	8.88	27.96	18.89	0	0

International Career:

Cricketer Andre Russell made his international debut in a Test against Sri Lanka in 2010. While he did not break into the scene with a bang, he played a decent knock. He did enough to get selected for the West Indies World Cup squad of 2011 and played his first ODI against Ireland in the 2011 World Cup.

Post the World Cup, Andre Russell’s batting shone against India when he scored a mammoth 92 runs. Thus, establishing himself as a formidable middle order batsman.
Following that feat, Andre Russell started making his mark with some strong bowling performances against the giants of the game and started to rake in multiple ‘Man of the Match’ awards.
Andre is one of the few T20 players to take four wickets in four balls. He achieved this feat against team India A.
Andre Russell has over 900 ODI runs and over 60 wickets to his name and these stats get better in the T20 and IPL formats.

League Career:

Destined for limited overs cricket, Andre Russell is among the many cricketers who are truly in their element when playing a T20 match.

Andre Russell plays for the Jamaica Tallawahs, Islamabad United, Melbourne Renegades, Delhi Daredevils, and the Kolkata Knight Riders across various international cricket leagues.
As a part of the KKR IPL championship-winning squad of 2014, cricketer Andre Russell’s IPL capabilities came out in full glory.
With an IPL strike rate of close to 190, it's easy to see why Andre Russell finished as Man of the match on multiple occasions. He also finished the IPL 2015 season as MVP of the league.

As a star with both bat and ball, contributions of Andre Russell’s KKR tenure have helped push the team to the higher end of the leaderboard. Andre is always set for big records in the sport and he has also been part of 2019 World Cup playing eleven of West Indies.

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