10 April,2026 04:38 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Andre Russell
In the IPL 2026 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) suffered a loss by three wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The Knight Riders will lock horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 14 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Ahead of the game, former burly all-rounder Andre Russell, who has joined the Kolkata-based franchise as "power coach", explained about his role.
Speaking about his role, he said that it is about helping players come in the right position to outfox the deliveries bowled by the bowler.
"No team has ever had a power coach. My job is to show how important boundaries are in T20s, especially sixes. My role is basically to get players into the right position for whatever delivery a bowler is going to try and outfox them with," he said.
"The job is not to change a player or coach him on how to swing his bat or make contact, but actually to be clear and add more power-hitting skills to his game. So it's going fantastic so far," added Russell.
In the IPL 2026, Lucknow recently registered a thrilling victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by three wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Having put to bat first, KKR posted a total of 181 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane delivered an exceptional knock of 41 runs in 24 balls, including four boundaries and two maximums. Fellow opening batsman Finn Allen scored nine runs in eight balls, with the help of two boundaries.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi accumulated 45 runs in 33 balls, laced with five boundaries and two maximums. Rinku Singh departed after scoring four runs in seven balls.
Cameron Green and Rovman Powell stayed unbeaten. Green amassed 32 runs off 24 balls, including three boundaries and a maximum, whereas Powell smashed 39 runs in 24 balls, with the help of four boundaries and two maximums.
Lucknow's Prince Yadav, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, and Avesh Khan picked up one wicket each. Mohammed Shami went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against KKR.
In the second essay of the game, Impact Player, Ayush Badoni delivered a knock of 54 runs off 34 balls, including seven boundaries and two maximums. Later, Mukul Choudhary garnered an unbeaten 54 runs in 27 balls, including two boundaries and seven maximums.
With this, the visitors chased the target by scoring 182 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.
Kolkata's Vaibhav Arora and Anukul Roy bagged two wickets each. Sunil Narine, Kartik Tyagi, and Green claimed one wicket each.
