IPL 2018: 3 captaincy candidates for Kolkata Knight Riders

#2 Andre Russell

Andre Russell is back in KKR after a year

Andre Russell was hit with a one-year ban for a doping violation due to which he had to miss the 2017 season of the IPL. Along with Ben Stokes, Russell is the most lethal pace bowling all-rounder doing the rounds in the international circuit. He has shown in the past seasons of the IPL and BBL that he is capable of turning a match around single-handedly.

But he is West Indian.

By leading Sunrisers Hyderabad to victory in 2016, David Warner proved that bringing in a foreign captain could do the trick for the side. Assigning the captaincy to Russell may be an out of the box move but that is what T20 cricket is all about.