Andre Russell is a Jamaican cricketer, who plays for the West Indies team in international cricket and represents Jamaica in domestic cricket.
Andre Russell is considered as one of the most destructive all-rounders in the world, known to change match situations in a short span of time with his batting and bowling.
Andre Russell got married to Jassym Lora in 2016. The couple dated each other for a while before tying the knot.
Andre Russell is quite established in the IPL as well, he started off his IPL career in IPL 2012 when he was bought by Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) for Rs. 3 crore.
Andre Russell, however, could not do much in the Delhi team and was sidelined in the IPL 2012 and IPL 2013.
Andre Russell was then picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2014, with the bargain of the IPL auctions, for a mere Rs. 60 lakh.
Over the years, Andre Russell has been outstanding for the Kolkata Knight Riders at IPL editions, where he single-handedly won matches for the franchise with his performances with the bat and ball.
As of April 29, 2022, Andre Russell has played a total of 93 matches scoring 1927 runs at a strike rate of 178.26 and an average above 30.
Andre Russell has 10 fifties under his belt with a top score of an unbeaten 88 which came at the IPL 2018 edition.
Andre Russell has also take 82 wickets in IPL at an economy rate of 9.16. His best bowling figures of 5/15 came during the IPL 2021 edition.
Andre Russell posted this picture with his daughter and captioned, "#myprincess"
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