Players expect full commitment from their teammates to make things happen, but when they fail, the disappointment becomes apparent. The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder, Andre Russell could not control himself either on Saturday when he saw Suyash Sharma dropping the catch of the dangerous-looking David Miller.
On his 35th birthday, Andre Rusell had a decent performance altogether at Eden Gardens, where Kolkata Knight Riders faced Gujarat Titans in Match 39 of IPL 2023. First, he played a fiery knock of 19-ball 34 with the bat, laced with two fours and three sixes, and then bowled a spell of 1/29 with the ball off his three overs. However, he might have had more success had Suyash Sharma put up some more effort to take a crucial catch.
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Requiring 51 off 30 balls, David Miller attempted to pull as Andre Russell bowled a back-of-a-length delivery, only to get a healthy top edge. Russell, as well as other KKR players, looked sure they had got rid of Miller who was batting on 26 off 13 balls, but Suyash, running from the third-man region, failed to even get his hands to the ball in order to take the catch.
As a result, the Kookaburra dropped ahead of him and Miller got a lifeline. It was a huge moment in the game, which KKR comprehensively lost by a margin of seven wickets with 13 balls to spare. Considering it could have been a turning point in the encounter, Russell was furious to see Suyash showing a lack of spirit in the field. He burst out shouting with anger, suggesting that he did not like Suyash’s effort at all.
Here is the video of the dropped catch:
— NANA PII (@NANAPII2320) April 29, 2023
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): David Warner (c), Philip Salt (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akeal Hosein, Umran Malik
The Twitterati too took note of the incident and reacted to it.
https://twitter.com/iVikramRajput/status/1652312752923222019?s=20
Suyash sharma drops killer miller catch😵💫😵💫
Meanwhile andre russell: pic.twitter.com/MAZBDa5f8b— Daxesh (@Dimagseydeepu) April 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/Haider_bajwaa/status/1652313894000402432?s=20
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ban this team from IPL asap, Worst bowling and fielding team Bad fielders like Suyash sharma, Varun chakravarthy, Sunil narine, Harshit rana, Nitish rana, Andre russell all are Pathetic fielders
— Rak-shak (@Prakash34927211) April 29, 2023
Suyash the culprit the catch #KKRvGT how costly it could be #KKRvsGT Andre Russell
— ChoTa Recharge (@Arshad27222) April 29, 2023
Man feel for Russell every year on his birthday KKR ka game hota hai aur yeh team hug deti hai 💔
— krushang (@iamkrush18) April 29, 2023
Bad night. Nevertheless happy birthday Russell. You did your best! #KKRvGT
— Dave (@Daveslyf) April 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/mj_alwayss/status/1652306840854876167?s=20
Is Russell going to bowl out because it's his birthday?
— Thor (@thorbjornjack) April 29, 2023
