The flamboyant Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder, Andre Russell has suffered an injury scare during a botched attempt to catch KXIP skipper KL Rahul during Saturday’s encounter against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in Abu Dhabi. The incident occurred during the 2nd over of Kings XI Punjab innings after KL Rahul miscued a straight lofted stroke off Prasidh Krishna.

Russell, in an attempt to take the catch, ran back to not only spill it but to add insult to injury, he proceeded to dive on the electronic boards thus injuring himself. The swashbuckling all-rounder was then taken off the field for some treatment. His injury rounded off what has been a forgettable day for the all-rounder so far. Earlier in the day, his woes with the bat continued as he was dismissed for a three-ball five courtesy a brilliant wide yorker by Arshdeep Singh.

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Meanwhile, Dinesh Karthik (58 off 29 balls) finally got his form back and along with opener Shubman Gill (57 off 47 balls) ensured that the Knight Riders eventually posted 6-164 in 20 overs.

Chasing 165, KXIP started off well with the opening duo of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal posting 55 runs in the first 7 overs. Andre Russell has been brilliant with the ball for KKR in IPL 2020, but he was dearly missed by Karthik the star all-rounder didn’t come out to bowl. 

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Mayank and Rahul made a humongous partnership of 115 runs before Agarwal getting out in the 15th over after scoring 56 off 39 balls with the help of 6 fours and a six. Adre Russell had score 5 runs off three balls in the first innings and he was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh.

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