Andre Russell

2012

IPL Debut

All-Rounder

Specialization

35

Age

112

Matches

IPL Squads / Kolkata Knight Riders / Andre Russell

Career Overview/ Highlight : Andre Russell IPL 2012 to 2024

Nitish Rana made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians in 2016. In fact, he was snapped up by the franchise in 2015, but the abundance of talent in the middle order ensured that he had to warm the bench. He finally got a call in 2016 and impressed the following season when the franchise won the trophy, with Rana scoring 333 runs with the bat.

Kolkata Knight Riders took note as they swooped in and picked him up for the 2018 season. Rana impressed with his ability to time the ball perfectly. He scored 304 runs during his maiden season with the Kolkata outfit.

In 2019, he showed improvement, scoring 344 runs, which included three fifties. Pleasing to the eye, Rana had good starts but struggled to convert those starts into a big score.

By the time 2022 came, he had established himself as one of the senior batters and was named the skipper as Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the 2023 season. Although KKR struggled, Rana’s career improved, with the Delhi batter scoring 413 runs – his highest ever tally in IPL history.

Andre Russell IPL 2012 to 2024: Batting Chart

Year	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Auction Price
2023	14	14	3	227	42	20.64	145.51	0	0	13	18	16 cr
2022	14	12	3	335	70*	37.22	174.48	0	1	18	32	12 cr
2021	10	9	2	183	54	26.14	152.50	0	1	14	14	8.5 cr
2020	10	9	0	117	25	13.00	144.44	0	0	9	9	8.5 cr
2019	14	13	4	510	80*	56.66	204.81	0	4	31	52	8.5 cr
2018	16	14	3	316	88*	28.72	184.79	0	1	17	31	8.5 cr
2016	12	8	1	188	39*	26.85	164.91	0	0	10	15	60 lakhs
2015	13	11	2	326	66	36.22	192.89	0	3	35	19	60 lakhs
2014	2	2	0	2	1	1.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	60 lakhs
2013	3	2	0	11	7	5.50	78.57	0	0	0	0	23 lakhs
2012	4	2	0	47	31	23.50	180.76	0	0	3	3	23 lakhs

Andre Russell IPL 2012 to 2024: Bowling Chart

Year	Mat	Inn	Ov	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Eco	Best	4w	5w	Auction Price
2023	14	9	15.1	172	7	24.57	11.34	3/22	0	0	16 cr
2022	14	13	28.1	278	17	16.35	9.87	4/5	1	0	12 cr
2021	10	8	19	188	11	17.09	9.89	5/15	0	1	8.5 cr
2020	10	7	18	175	6	29.16	9.72	2/29	0	0	8.5 cr
2019	14	12	30.1	287	11	26.09	9.51	2/21	0	0	8.5 cr
2018	16	15	37.5	355	13	27.30	9.38	3/31	0	0	8.5 cr
2016	12	12	36.3	291	15	19.40	7.97	4/20	1	0	60 lakhs
2015	13	13	40.4	324	14	23.14	7.96	3/32	0	0	60 lakhs
2014	2	2	5	52	1	52.00	10.40	1/25	0	0	60 lakhs
2013	3	3	7	68	0	0.00	9.71	0/13	0	0	23 lakhs
2012	4	4	16	161	1	161.00	10.06	1/51	0	0	23 lakhs

Abbreviations & Acronyms Mat -> Matches, Inn -> Innings, Runs -> Total Runs, HS -> Highest Score, SR -> Batting Strike Rate, Price -> Value of the Player

Achievements & Records

Scored 300+ runs in seven successive seasons in IPL
KKR’s fourth highest run-scorer in IPL – 2157 runs
Second highest sixes for KKR in IPL – 106 sixes
Joint-highest fifties for MI in IPL 2017 – 3 Fifties

Interesting Andre Russell IPL Facts

Nitish Rana won an IPL title with the Mumbai Indians in the 2017 season.
In 2018, Nitish Rana registered his best bowling figures in IPL – 2/11. His victims were AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli.
Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, and Lucknow Super Giants were battling to buy Nitish Rana in the IPL 2022 auction. The Kolkata outfit purchased the player for ₹8 crore.