Former West Indies fast bowler and current commentator Ian Bishop has asked Russell to reconsider his dismissal in the match between Delhi Capital and Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday (28).
Russell was excused for a three-ball duck as he came out of his crease to left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav and was baffled. The right-handed player’s wicket left Kolkata in profound hardship at 83 for 6 in the fourteenth over. Commenting on Russell’s insane shot yesterday, Bishop said he should have been a little more careful. Russell was dismissed after KKR lost 06 wickets for 83 runs in 14 overs.
“Andre Russell is an excellent player but he makes mistakes at times. He could have said, ‘Kuldeep is the wicket-taker. If I see this over off, maybe take a run a ball, I can then tear into the seamers and that one Lalit Yadav over if it is bowled later on’. I think Russell got it wrong. He’s a brilliant player. He’s been batting well.”
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“I think he’ll reflect on this dismissal and say – ‘next time I’ll do this differently’.”
However, the 33-year-old Caribbean player has taken 10 wickets in 09 matches in this edition of the IPL and His best bowling performance was 04 for 5. He has also scored 227 runs in 08 innings at an average of 37.87
Ian Bishop added that while both Delhi and Kolkata have issues to manage, there are more prominent issues for the latter side. The 54-year-old explained:
“KKR have more questions to answer than Delhi. The opening partnership isn’t doing the job. They have issues with their end of innings bowling. They had to give Venkatesh Iyer an important over tonight. Delhi, with their team, when everyone is fit, seem to have a larger potential upside.”
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