Backing 37-year-old Andre Russell, the hero of Kolkata Knight Riders’ one-run win over Rajasthan Royal within the Indian Premier League on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday (May 4, 2025), spinner Varun Chakaravarthy revealed that his Caribbean team-mate aspired to proceed taking part in for a couple of extra years.
“As far as I have spoken to him and interacted with him, he still wants to play another two-three (auction) cycles of the IPL which is easily six more years. He looks fine and fit. It doesn’t matter how old you are,” mentioned Varun.
Varun, who took two wickets, rejected the notion that Russell couldn’t play spin effectively. “If you are able to contribute to the team, that’s enough in a franchise. He made that choice not to attack the spinners. But that’s not the truth that he can’t hit spin. He can hammer spin,” he mentioned.
According to Varun, such tight matches would give KKR momentum and self-belief. “This is exactly what we needed. I am hopeful that we can pull off the next three matches. We have done it before.”
RR batting coach Vikram Rathore regretted that his workforce’s batters couldn’t end the match. “Today we gave maybe 15 20 extra runs. Riyan (Parag) got us into a position where we should have won as well. Unfortunately, we couldn’t finish off,” mentioned Rathore.
Rathore mentioned despite the fact that individually the RR gamers did effectively however collectively they might not.
Published – May 05, 2025 03:26 am IST
