Kolkata Knight Riders
The IPL 2025 will begin with the match between Defending Champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on 22 March. KKR has won six times in the eight matches played between the two teams since IPL 2020. Now when both teams are face to face on 22 March, there will definitely be a heavy upper hand of Kolkata. At the same time, RCB will have a chance to improve their records in this match. Patidar’s team will want them to win this match and make their figures even better against this team. However, to do this, the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore will have to be careful with two players in this match. Those two players are none other than Sunil Naren and Andre Russell. Whenever both these players land against RCB, whether they are bowling or batting somehow perform against this team. Let us tell you the records of Sunil Naren and Andre Russell against RCB.
Sunil Naren’s record against RCB
Sunil Naren, who made his IPL debut in 2012, has a great record in both batting and bowling against RCB. He has played 21 IPL matches against RCB for KKR and has taken 26 wickets at an average of 20.57. His economy rate against this team is 6.68, which shows that RCB batsmen struggle to score runs against them. At the same time, Naren has a strike-rate of 182.91 against RCB in the IPL in batting in batting. He has scored 289 runs against this team at an average of 28.90 in 12 innings. During this time he has hit 30 fours and 20 sixes. If KKR wants to win this match, then he will have to stop Sunil Naren in this match.
Andre Russell’s record against RCB
KKR star all -rounder Andre Russell played an important role in the last season of IPL and now he can become a big challenge for RCB. Talking about Andre Russell, he has scored 392 runs in batting in 15 innings against RCB at an average of 39.20 and a strike rate of 197.97. His highest score is 65 runs. Russell is often seen in stormy batting against RCB. In the bowler, he has taken 17 wickets in 15 innings. His best performance is 3 wickets for 9 runs. His economy in bowling has been 9.27. They can once again become a big threat to RCB.
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