Foreign players to look out for in this IPL
Foreign players to look out for in this IPL

2. Andre Russell

Foreign players to look out for in this IPL 1

Andre Russell is one of only two allrounders – Dwayne Bravo is the other – to score 2000-plus runs and take 100-plus wickets in T20s since 2013. Russell’s ability to hit the ball long and hard, and do it consistently, is one of his biggest attributes. Of the 36 instances, he has played 15 or more deliveries in T20s since the start of 2013, 18 times he has finished with a strike rate of 200 or more. Twenty-nine times during  this period he has scored 30 or more runs in an innings, and his strike rate in these 29 innings is 208.45. Russell has shown himself to be adaptable and capable of bowling at different stages of an innings. His economy rates are reasonable at different stages of an innings, and he is a wicket-taker in the first six and last five overs of the innings. Along with this, his fielding makes him a true asset in this format.