Andre Russell's 47 runs from his last nine balls

I don't normally watch the Indian Premier League but on Friday I caught one of the best innings in one day cricket. When Kolkata Knight Riders needed 66 runs from the last four overs to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore, it seemed an impossible task. But Andre Russel had other ideas. After a quiet few balls, he then hit 47 runs in the last nine balls he faced. There were still 30 needed from the last two overs, but in that penultimate over bowled by Tim Southee, he hit 29 runs including four sixes and a four. The final over was a formality.

Given the pressure of the situation, this innings ranked as good as I have seen. There is not the same pressure hitting sixes early in a team's innings. As the Indian Express put it "Andre Russell has to be the scariest in world cricket".