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Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Andre Russell made many records in his name while playing a stormy innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Meanwhile, he also completed a double century of sixes in IPL. Russell has become the fastest player to hit 200 sixes in IPL. He broke the record of compatriot Chris Gayle. Thanks to Russell's unbeaten inning of 64 runs in 25 balls and Harshit Rana's brilliant performance in the last overs, Kolkata started the IPL 2024 season by defeating Hyderabad by four runs.
Russell broke Gayle's record
Russell completed the feat of hitting 200 sixes in IPL in 97 innings. Gayle had achieved this feat in 141 innings. Even in terms of balls, Russell is ahead of Gayle. Russell took 1322 balls to complete his double century of sixes, while former KKR player Gayle completed the feat of hitting 200 sixes in IPL in 1811 balls. At the third place in this list is West Indies' Kieron Pollard, who represented the five-time IPL winning team Mumbai Indians for years. Pollard had hit 200 sixes in 2055 balls in the IPL.
Russell has become the ninth player in the world to complete a double century of sixes in IPL. Russell is the third West Indies player to hit more than 200 sixes in this tournament. Before Russell, Gayle and Pollard are the two Caribbean players who have scored double centuries of sixes in the IPL. Players like Rohit Sharma, AB de Villiers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, David Warner and Suresh Raina are also included in this list. However, the record of hitting most sixes in IPL is in the name of Gayle, who has hit 357 sixes. After this is India's Rohit Sharma who has 257 sixes in his name in this tournament.
Russell broke Gayle's record
It is noteworthy that Russell hit three fours and seven sixes in his innings of 25 balls. Russell hit more than five sixes in an innings for the 13th time in IPL. He became the third player along with Pollard to hit five or more sixes in an innings.