In the 5th ODI at Sabina Park in Kingston, he was named the Player of the Match as he took 4/35 (from 8.3 overs) to dismiss India for 251 in 47.1 overs.
1988
Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played international cricket for West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all-rounder.
He currently plays in various T20 leagues around the world.
1992
After being dropped from the first two ODIs, he scored 92 not out off 64 balls in the 3rd ODI after coming to the crease at 96/7.
2010
In 2010, Russell played at Barnards Green Cricket Club in Worcestershire, England, helping them secure promotion from Worcestershire Cricket League into Birmingham League cricket.
A fast bowling all-rounder, Russell made his Test cricket debut against Sri Lanka in November 2010.
This is the only Test match of his career.
2011
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in the 2011 Cricket World Cup match against Ireland at Mohali.
After a poor home series against Pakistan, he made his mark in the ODI series against India.
2012
Russell was part of 2012 and 2016 ICC World T20 winning West Indies teams.
He has played in more than 300 T20 matches for a range of sides in leagues.
During the 2012 Indian Premier League Players Auction, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for a sum of $450,000.
2013
On 21 September 2013, in a match against India A, Russell became the first bowler in T20 cricket to take four wickets in successive deliveries.
2014
Ahead of the 2014 season he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders and has been seen as a key batsman for the team in the later overs of matches.
2015
For his performances in 2015, he was named in the ESPNcricinfo IPL XI for the season.
2016
He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016 T20 World Cup by the ICC, ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz.
He was also named in the T20 XI of the years 2016 and 2018 by ESPNcricinfo.
On 16 August 2016 Russell scored the fastest Caribbean Premier League century, completing his 100 in 42 balls.
2018
He was on course to win the IPL Super Striker award in 2018, awarded for having the highest strike rate in the tournament, before being pipped by his teammate Sunil Narine.
He broke his own CPL record in 2018 with a century in 40 balls.
In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament.
He was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights.
In September 2018, he was named as the Icon Player for Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.
The following month, he was named in the squad for the Dhaka Dynamites in the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.
2019
In April 2019, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
In the West Indies match against Australia, Russell became the quickest batsman, in terms of balls faced, to score 1,000 runs in ODIs, facing only 767 deliveries.
However, on 24 June 2019, Russell was ruled out of the rest of the tournament, due to a knee injury, and was replaced by Sunil Ambris.
On 9 July 2021, during the first T20I against Australia, Russell scored his maiden T20I half-century.
He scored 51 off 28 balls and helped West Indies post 145 before being dismissed by Josh Hazlewood.
In September 2021, Russell was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Russell has played in over 300 T20 matches and appeared for teams in a number of franchise leagues.
He eventually won it next year in the 2019 IPL, where he had a record IPL season strike rate of over 205, and was also announced as the Player of the Tournament.
In an otherwise unsuccessful season, he emerged as both the highest run scorer and the highest wicket taker for his team, while also being the third-highest run-scorer in the tournament.
He hit 52 sixes in the tournament; only Chris Gayle has hit more sixes in any single season of the IPL.
For his performances in the 2019 IPL season, he was named in the ESPNcricinfo IPL XI.
On 13 April 2021, he took figures of 5/15 off just two overs in a match against Mumbai Indians during the 2021 Indian Premier League.
With the bat, he scored 9 runs off 15 balls as Kolkata lost the game by 10 runs.
In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.
2020
In July 2020, he was named in the Jamaica Tallawahs squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.
