Home / Sports / Cricket / Article / Dinesh Kartik says it's unfair to expect Russell to perform every time

Dinesh Kartik says it's unfair to expect Russell to perform every time

Kolkata Knight Riders bowed out of the ongoing edition of the IPL after suffering a crushing nine-wicket defeat against Mumbai Indians in their last group stage encounter

  • WhatsAppBookmarkBookmark
Listen to this article :
Andre Russell

Andre Russell

Put into bat on Sunday evening, KKR never got going on a slow, sluggish Wankhede and managed to post just 133/7 in their stipulated quota of 20 overs. Robin Uthappa played an uncharacteristic knock of 40 from 47 balls, scoring 25 dot balls on a day when KKR magic wand Andre Russell failed to deliver.

The big-hitting West Indian walked out to bat at number 5 after Mumbai had built up the pressure on the visitors. Russell fell to Lasith Malinga for a duck and KKR, from their on, never managed to push the accelerator. Mumbai chased down the target with ease, riding on unbeaten knocks from skipper Rohit Sharma (55) and Suryakumar Yadav (46) to seal the top spot.

Read Next Story
Mohammed Shami: Wasn't mentally prepared when I failed Yo-Yo test›

Trending Stories

Latest Photoscta-pos

Latest VideosView All

Latest Web StoriesView All

Mid-Day FastView All