IPL 2024 / RCB is afraid of Russell, but fails in front of Siraj

IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders have started the IPL 2024 season with a bang. This two-time champion team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in its very first match. This victory was achieved by a margin of only 4 runs but the way Kolkata scored more than 200 in the very first match of the season and then defended it, it has issued a warning to the other teams. A major reason for this warning is the explosive batting of its star all-rounder Andre Russell, whose next victim could be Royal Challengers Bangalore.

In the 10th match of IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders are going to clash at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Both teams will enter this match after winning the previous match. Bengaluru had defeated Punjab Kings in their home ground, while Kolkata had also defeated Sunrisers in their home ground. Now both the teams will clash in Chinnaswamy.

Russell will attack explosively

Now most of the eyes will be on players like Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Shreyas Iyer and Mitchell Starc but Andre Russell can be the real game changer. If the kind of batting Russell did in the first match is a sign of his return to form, then it is bad news for Bengaluru. The reason for this is Russell's astonishing record against RCB.

This Caribbean star of KKR has scored 396 runs in 15 innings against RCB at an average of 36. Runs and average do not look much but the speed at which runs are scored will surprise you. Russell has scored these runs at an astonishing strike rate of 205, in which he has hit 26 fours and 38 tremendous sixes. If we talk about Russell's figures at Chinnaswamy Stadium, he has scored 133 runs in 5 innings at an explosive strike rate of 233, which includes 14 sixes.

Siraj's edge will stop Russell

Now these figures are really scary. Then in the first match against Sunrisers, Russell scored unbeaten 64 runs in just 25 balls, in which he hit 7 sixes. In such a situation the fear increases. Despite this, RCB has such a weapon, in front of which even Russell's edge becomes blunt. This is star fast bowler Mohammad Siraj. Yes, even Russell could not do anything special in front of this Indian pacer.

Siraj and Russell have faced each other in 6 innings. In this, Russell faced 19 balls from Siraj and could score only 22 runs. That means a nominal strike rate of 115. Not only this. Siraj has dismissed Russell twice, while not giving any runs on 13 out of 19 balls. This means that no matter how dangerous Russell is, RCB also has his chops. Now it remains to be seen in whose name the evening of 29th March will be held.