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All-round blitz by Russell lights up Caribbean Premier League 2018
Last updated on Aug 11, 2018, 04:37 pm
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Time and again Andre Russell has displayed his all-round attributes in the shortest format of cricket.
There is no doubt that the all-rounder is a true modern day T20 king.
The player has been in demand across all global T20 leagues.
In Caribbean Premier League, Russell delivered one of the best performances by claiming a hat-trick and scoring a ton in the same match.
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Russell
Russell notches one of the best ever T20 performances
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Playing for the Jamaica Tallawahs, Andre Russell capped off one of the best T20 performances of all time.
The all-rounder stomped his authority against the star-studded Trinbago Knight Riders.
Russell showed his prominence by claiming a hat-trick in the final over.
Prior to that he also took a stunning catch of Chris Lynn (46).
The astonishing moment came when Russell smashed a 49-ball 121.
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Twitter Post
A blast from Russell
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☑️ Hat-trick
— ICC (@ICC) August 11, 2018
☑️ Fastest #CPL 100
☑️ Chasing down 224 from 41/5
Absolutely incredible from @Russell12A! 😮👏 🙌 pic.twitter.com/DBNCGzlCOm -
Astonishing
One of the best T20 innings ever
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The Knight Riders set a challenging total of 225 for the Tallawahs, who were pegged back at 49/5 in their chase.
But in came Russell and took the game away from the opposition team.
He smashed 6 fours and 13 sixes to clock a strike-rate of 246.94.
Tallawahs needed 138 runs from final 60 deliveries and Russell upped the tempo with some monstrous blows.
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Feats
Russell and his side achieve some extraordinary feats
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Russell hit the fastest ton in CPL history off just 40 deliveries.
His team became the first in the history of T20 cricket to to add 150+ runs after losing 5 wickets.
This was also the highest chase by a side in CPL.
Russell also became the 2nd player after Rashid Khan to take a hat-trick in CPL.
