Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan was in awe of star all-rounder Andre Russell after his match-winning cameo towards SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) of their IPL 2024 match on Saturday. Russell smashed an unbeaten 64 off simply 25 balls with the assistance of seven large sixes and three boundaries. He additionally picked up two wickets and conceded simply 25 runs throughout his spell, serving to KKR beat SRH by 4 runs on the Eden Gardens. He was awarded ‘Man of the Match’ for his exploits.

Shah Rukh Khan was in attendance for the sport and witnessed Russell’s carnage from the stands. At the post-match presentation ceremony, the bollywood star interrupted Russell’s speech, solely to present the KKR veteran a hug. Russell acknowledged Shah Rukh Khan’s gesture and shared a smile with him after the identical.

On Saturday, Russell turned the quickest participant to hit 200 sixes within the IPL, surpassing compatriot Chris Gayle.

Other than Russell and Gayle, Rohit Sharma (257), AB De Villiers (251), MS Dhoni (239), Virat Kohli (235), David Warner (228), Kieran Pollard (223) and Suresh Raina (203)  have additionally hit 200 or extra sixes within the IPL.

Coming again to the match, Russell steered Kolkata to 208-7 along with his unbeaten 25-ball 64 and a 81-run stand with Rinku Singh.

SRH began strongly as Mayank Agarwal (32) and Abhishek Sharma (32) placed on 60 for the opening wicket earlier than Harshit broke by to ship again Agarwal.

Starc created an early probability however wicketkeeper Salt spilled a catch to increase Sharma’s keep, which was lastly lower brief by Russell’s tempo bowling.

Kolkata unleashed their spin pressure and a wicket every to Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine additional dented Hyderabad’s chase till Klaasen determined to unleash his energy in a 58-ball stand off 16 ball with Ahmed.

Klaasen and Ahmed took Starc to the cleaners in a 26-run nineteenth over just for Harshit Rana to show an unlikely hero.

(With AFP Inputs)

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