CPL 2016: Team of the Tournament

6. Andre Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs)

Andre Russell brushed aside all off-field distractions to emerge as the Player of the Tournament

To say that Andre Russell has been having an eventful month or so would be an understatement. He has been courted controversy with his missed dope tests while he also got married during the course of the CPL but on the field, the 28-year-old swept aside all the distractions – good and bad – to show yet again why he is one of the most sought after players in the various T20 leagues across the globe.

286 runs at an astonising strike rate of 172.28 is enough to warrant a place in any T20 side as a pure batsman but he adds tremendous value to the team with his all-round skills as he showed picking up 11 wickets. He hit a timely century in the eliminator against Trinbago Knight Riders and could have wreaked further damage if only he had got the opportunity with the bat more often.

Russell deservedly picked up the Player of the Series award to cap off a very memorable tournament.