Andre Russell Matches Dwayne Bravo To Reach Extreme Heights In T20 World Cup 2024

Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo for WI (X.com)

Andre Russell is one of the finest all-rounders in T20 cricket and over the years, has won matches both with the bat and ball. His batting skills are mostly highlighted for his explosive nature, but he is quite a handy bowler as well, and with a three-wicket haul against USA in the Super 8 game, he is now the leading wicket-taker for West Indies in T20 World Cups, alongside Dwayne Bravo.

The big-hitting all-rounder has taken 27 wickets in 28 matches and 24 innings. He first played T20 World Cup in 2012 and has an average of 21.40 at an economy rate of 8.41. Dwayne Bravo, on the other hand, has 27 wickets in 34 matches while Samuel Badree with 24 wickets, Alzarri Joseph with 17 wickets and Ravi Rampaul with 17 scalps complete the list of top five leading wicket-takers.

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Overall, Andre Russell has played 81 T20Is for West Indies and has bagged 58 wickets while in T20s, which includes his performance for various franchises, he has 458 wickets in 503 matches. West Indies will be hoping that he comes good with the bat as well, in the coming matches, and take them to their record third T20 World Cup title infront of their home crowd.

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