Navi Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder andre russell Became the first player in the history of Saturday Indian Premier League ,IPL) for taking four wickets in a spell of one over.
Russell achieved this feat during the struggle against Gujarat Titans (GT) at DY Patil Stadium. He dismissed Abhinav Manohar, Lockie Ferguson, Rahul Tewatia and Yash Dayal in the 20th over of the GT innings to restrict them to 156/9.
Earlier, the record for most wickets in an over was held by Kolkata’s Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, who registered 3/6 against Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) in 2008.
Russell achieved this feat during the struggle against Gujarat Titans (GT) at DY Patil Stadium. He dismissed Abhinav Manohar, Lockie Ferguson, Rahul Tewatia and Yash Dayal in the 20th over of the GT innings to restrict them to 156/9.
Earlier, the record for most wickets in an over was held by Kolkata’s Lakshmi Ratan Shukla, who registered 3/6 against Delhi Capitals (then Delhi Daredevils) in 2008.
But Russell’s last-over heroism went in vain on Saturday as Gujarat Titans mustered their courage to take their sixth win of the campaign and go back on top. IPL 2022 Table. A total of 156 runs is the lowest ever for a team to defend in this edition of the IPL.
Hardik Pandya played the captain’s knock of 67 runs in 49 balls, while David Miller played an easy innings of 27 runs for Gujarat Titans. For KKR, Tim Southee took three wickets while Shivam Mavi and Umesh Yadav took one wicket each.
Kolkata will now face Delhi Capitals while Gujarat Titans will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their next match.