Cricketers across the globe have some superstitions attached to them as they believe that certain things work well for them. Recently, KKR all-rounder Andre Russell has recently shared that some of his superstitions. The West Indies player has shared his views on two things that he believes in before starting to play as well.
KKR recently spent some time with the youngster Shivam Mavi in their Knight Club series. While talking about his superstitions, Russell shared that he puts his left leg first over the rope while entering the ground and he also believes in tapping his bat as many as four times before facing his first ball as well.
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“Yeah of course. Every player has superstitions. Some are over the moon, while some are simpler. My superstition would be making sure that my left leg goes over the rope (first) before I enter the field. I tap my bat four times before the bowler approaches me. If I don’t do that, I feel that I am not going to do well when that ball is bowled,” Russell shared while talking to KKR.
Tap, tap, tap, tap, 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠 💥
Even #MuscleRussell himself has his superstitions, and they happen to be totally opposite to those of @ShivamMavi23 😅@Russell12A #KKRHaiTaiyaar #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/9xrlDz2mc8
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 23, 2021
“Yes, I have my superstitions as well. When I go to the ground, I put my right leg forward first. Yes (It is the other way round to Andre Russell’s!)”, concluded Mavi.
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KKR had faced another defeat in their last game against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) despite having a great show from Andre Russel, Dinesh Karthik and Pat Cummins. However, after the defeat, Eoin Morgan said: “It’s (pulse) quite high at the moment. What a hell of a game of cricket. Certainly from the position we were in after our powerplay, we probably didn’t think we’d get as close as we did. But Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik really did put a partnership together, once you do that taking advantage of the conditions here, it’s very difficult to stop.
A partnership going in that manner and then following that Pat Cummins the way he played really gave us every chance towards the end. Tremendous fight from our middle and lower order which is all you can ask for when you lose wickets upfront like that. The first five overs of our batting didn’t go our way. We didn’t play as well as would have liked. If we had built a partnership and taken advantage of those early overs going into those middle overs, we would have been in a really strong position,” he concluded.
