KOLKATA: Kolkata Knight Riders star all-rounder Andre Russell completed 200 Indian Premier League sixes during Kolkata Knight Riders’s (KKR) season opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
The all-rounder scored a quickfire 25-ball 64, laced with seven sixes to help the team post 208 in its 20 overs. The Knight Riders were in a spot of bother losing three wickets in the PowerPlay.
Phil Salt scored a fifty and Ramandeep Singh managed a cameo to get the innings back on track. Russell and Rinku Singh then combined for a 81-run stand to put a formidable score for the opposition to chase. Agencies
200 sixes in IPL:
357 - Chris Gayle
257 - Rohit Sharma
251 - AB de Villiers
239 - MS Dhoni
235 - Virat Kohli
228 - David Warner
223 - Kieron Pollard
203 - Suresh Raina
202 - Andre Russell
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