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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, April 18:\u00a0Gautam Gambhir, former captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), believes his IPL side would have won more Indian Premier League titles had hard-hitting West Indies all-rounder",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, April 18:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gautam Gambhir, former captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), believes his IPL side would have won more Indian Premier League titles had hard-hitting West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell played more under him for the Kolkata-based franchise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Imagine Russell going for Rs 50 lakhs to KKR and Pawan Negi for Rs 8 crores to (Delhi) Daredevils. I probably wished that he (Russell) would have been there for seven years when I was playing, we would have certainly won one or two more,&quot; Gambhir said while speaking on Star Sports &lsquo;Cricket Connected&#39; show which airs every Saturday at 7 pm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>KKR became the IPL champions for the first time in 2012, defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Russell made his IPL debut with Delhi Daredevils in 2012. But sparse chances and injuries restricted his number of games to a handful for the first two editions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Before 2014 edition, he was roped in by KKR. But he could feature in only a couple of games in that season. However, the tide changed for good in 2015 and it saw Russell score 326 runs at an astounding strike-rate of 192. He also starred with the ball and picked up 14 wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 2016 edition saw him perform predominantly with the ball as he picked 15 wickets besides scoring 188 runs. KKR made it to the play-offs but failed to make it to the finale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After serving a one-year ban, the West Indies all-rounder ended up with 13 wickets and more than 300 runs in the 2018 season. In the last season, Russell scored a massive tally of 510 runs besides picking up 11 wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In total, Russell has so far played 64 IPL matches in which he has scored 1,400 runs and picked up 55 wickets.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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