Andre Russell was in fine form against Delhi Capitals in the IPL on Wednesday. First he scored 41 runs in 19 balls with the bat, then took a wicket in 1.2 overs with the ball. He came up at number four in the batting order and hit four fours and three sixes. This West Indies cricketer has set three precedents in the match. One of them as KKR’s first cricketer.
Russell has been playing for KKR since 2014. As the first cricketer of the team, Russell has set the precedent of hitting 200 sixes in the IPL. No one has hit so many sixes for KKR yet. Russell achieved this feat in 108 matches. Nitish Rana is second in the list (108). He is followed by Robin Uthappa (85), Yusuf Pathan (85) and Sunil Narine (76).In all, Russell is tied for seventh on the six-hit list.
Apart from him, six other cricketers have the record of hitting 200 or more sixes. Above all is Virat Kohli (242). It is followed by Chris Gayle (239), AB de Villiers (238), Kieron Pollard (223), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (212) and Rohit Sharma (210
