KKR big shock Top all-rounder injured, may miss IPL 2022

KKR vs PBKS: Despite losing their last encounter to Royal Challengers Bangalore by three wickets, Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Shreyas Iyer won’t be having sleepless nights before their next encounter in IPL 2022 against the Punjab Kings. KKR big shock Top all-rounder Andre Russell injured, may miss IPL 2022.

In fact, he would be mighty pleased with the way his bowling attack made a strong RCB batting unit huff and puff to reach the 129-run target. If anything, Iyer would be hoping for an improved show from his batters when they take on PBKS at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

KKR’s young captain was pretty much spot on with his bowling changes against RCB and CSK but he would perhaps give a second thought to the batting order of KKR and give Andre Russell a better number. Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendon McCullum on Wednesday revealed that Andre Russell wasn’t 100 per cent fit towards the end of the IPL 2022 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

 In the 12th over, KKR all-rounder Russell dived on the boundary and suffered some problem with his bowling shoulder. Consequently, Venkatesh had to bowl one of his overs at the death. “Dre had run around the boundary and dived, and unfortunately picked up a little bit of a bump.

His shoulder was a little bit sore. But Dre being Dre, he still wants to try to get the job done, and he wasn’t quite able to. Those are things which happen in low-scoring games,” McCullum said in the post-match press conference. The big West Indies all-rounder threatened to change the game completely with his big hits against RCB but his progress was thwarted by Harshal Patel.

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He might get a promotion against KKR vs PBKS, which will allow him to come into the game early and make a more meaningful impact. His fitness though still remains a concern. Russell was seen struggling with his leg before bowling the last over in the previous match.