IPL 2021: Twitter reacts as Andre Russell picks up five wickets in just two overs to skittle out Mumbai Indians

Andre Russell

Mumbai Indians (MI) were spectacularly skittled out for 152 runs in their match today against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. KKR had earlier won the toss and opted to field first, naming an unchanged line-up. The defending champions on the other hand, went for Quinton de Kock instead of previous match’s top scorer Chris Lynn.

The move did not work wonders however, as de Kock was dismissed by Varun Chakravarthy early on. Rohit Sharma was then joined by Suryakumar Yadav and the two kept the scoreboard ticking with some eye-pleasing shots. The latter got to his half-century and all seemed well with MI’s innings. However, his wicket sparked a collapse as the KKR bowlers applied the choke at the death.

Andre Russell returns a fifer; Twitter reacts

After the dismissal of the likes of Suryakumar, Rohit, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya, Andre Russell came on to contribute with two overs at the death. Not only did he then stifle the run flow but he ended up picking a whopping total of 5 wickets. His first wicket was the most crucial as he removed his West Indian teammate Kieron Pollard before running through the tail who attempted to take him.

Following his excellent bowling display and stunning figures of 5-15, Twitter reacted with awe at the same. Here are some reactions:

MAD MAD FIGURES ? ?

He equals the quickest five-wicket haul in IPL history. Andre Russell, WOW! #KKRvMI | #IPL2021
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 13, 2021

Andre Russell you beauty!! Fiferrrrr #IPL2021 #KKRvMI
— Yannick Bolasie (@YannickBolasie) April 13, 2021

Name – Andre Russell
Vibe – Hrithik Roshan
Job – Destroy Mumbai’s batting line-up #VivoIPL2021 #IndiaKiVibeAlagHai #KKRvsMI @Russell12A pic.twitter.com/a3vIaxkvBy
— Disney+ Hotstar VIP (@DisneyplusHSVIP) April 13, 2021

Andre Russell kissed the logo of Kolkata Knight Riders after taking five-wicket haul, after an average IPL 2020, KKR send Russ to Texas for working his fitness and he worked so hard. In IPL 2021, they have started getting results from him. #IPL2021. pic.twitter.com/d4R4tF2zNm
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 13, 2021

Stellar comeback from #KKRHaiTaiyaar 38/7 in the last five overs. Five wickets for Russell. It looks like that the innings from Surya came in a different match…In a different year. #KKRvMI #IPL2021
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 13, 2021

5-wicket hauls against Mumbai

Before the season – Zero
This season – Two (Harshal Patel and Andre Russell)#IPL2021 #KKRvMI
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) April 13, 2021

DreRuss is so underrated as a death bowler. Tonight, more than 40% of Andre Russell's balls resulted in wickets ?#KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/lepWX0TAUP
— sohom (@AwaaraHoon) April 13, 2021

Amazing how Russell has been quite decent at death recently. Imagine a player who can strike 180 with bat plus finisher & bowl decent at death, that's an elite package.
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 13, 2021

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