Just a few months ago, Andre Russell entered the 2019 World Cup with a lot of expectations behind his back after some stellar performances during the Indian Premier League for Kolkata Knight Riders. However, Russell, popularly known as ‘Dre Russ’ by his adoring fans, struggled with his knee and was subsequently was ruled out of the latter half of the World Cup.
The 31-year-old Russell then underwent surgery to recover from a long-standing knee problem. He made his comeback to top-flight cricket and started to play for the Vancouver Knights in the Global T20 Canada league. In fact, despite ruling himself out of the games against India, Russell was curiously picked in Vancouver’s playing XI for the match against Edmonton Royals on Friday.
While this leads to a lot of confusion, interim head coach Floyd Reifer welcomed Jason Mohammed into the squad with some positive comments.
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Andre Russell’s replacement, Jason Mohammed has played 9 T20I so far with the last of those caps coming against Pakistan in 2018 when he led a second-string West Indies team on the short tour of Pakistan.
The first T20I of the three-match series between India and West Indies will be played on August 3rd at Lauderhill, Florida.
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