One of the prominent factors about the Indian Premier League is the rise of uncapped players that often gets overshadowed by the vast Indian domestic circuit. Mumbai Indians, known for their scouting brilliance, gave birth to Ashwani Kumar’s excellence, who removed Andre Russell on Monday.
Electing to field first after the toss favoured Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians got off to a great start with the cricket ball. Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, and Ashwani Kumar constituted the four wickets inside the powerplay. The injuries worsened despite the addition of Manish Pandey as KKR’s impact sub as young Ashwani on his first game, wreaked havoc in the opposition middle order with Russell’s wicket as the prime highlight.
Having conceded 18 runs in his two overs and bagged three wickets, captain Hardik backed the left-arm pacer against dangerous ‘Dre-Russ’. He conceded a four on the first delivery of the thirteenth over before coming back strong and shattering the stumps. On the fourth ball of the very same over, Ashwani bowled straight at the stumps on a good length, and Russell missed on a wild swing to end up hearing the death’s knell, spurring a Twitterverse frenzy.
Debut straight out of a storybook 📖
The perfect first chapter for Ashwani Kumar 👌👌
Updates ▶ https://t.co/iEwchzDRNM#TATAIPL | #MIvKKR | @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/npaynbIViX— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 31, 2025
Andre Russell’s IPL 2025 thus far:
3 matches, 9 (14) in two innings pic.twitter.com/YIX4FhyZvD— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) March 31, 2025
Improvement
Muscled
5 runs off 11 balls from Russell Muscle😍 pic.twitter.com/fcDpjudvS9
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) March 31, 2025
4 Wickets in 1st 16 Deliveries
And Bowled Out Andre Russell 🔥
Ashwani Kumar 🫡#MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/dluPJCP6EQ— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) March 31, 2025
Brainless
If you have to play brainless cricket with full attack mode on and irrespective of the situation.
Then why you stopping this guy Andre Russell to come in? pic.twitter.com/wvIZPxyZiZ— कट्टर KKR समर्थक 🦁🇮🇳 ™ (@KKRWeRule) March 31, 2025
Never ever
Andre Russell can never be him.. This guy was an absolute menace and no one can tell this better than CSK fan pic.twitter.com/3NjrbaKEV2
— 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐌𝐒𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧™ (@Itzshreyas07) March 31, 2025
Andre Russell goes for 5 of 11 balls. pic.twitter.com/A574EPLvVL
— Knight Club : KKR (@KnightClub_KKR) March 31, 2025
Simple
Just a stat
Andre Russell has an average of 19 against MI (his worst against any opponent in IPL)
with a strike rate of 154 (his worst against any opponent in IPL)— Ashwin (@ashwin_ro) March 31, 2025
Brainless
They played Brainless cricket and tried to save Andre Russell and still Andre Russell in the middle with 10 overs left and KKR 7 down and 1 bowler short
Absolute bakchodi from KKR or jisne bola attack mode khelte rho usko to salute hai 🙏— कट्टर KKR समर्थक 🦁🇮🇳 ™ (@KKRWeRule) March 31, 2025
