IPL 2019: Best all-rounder of each team

Kolkata Knight Riders- Sunil Narine or Andre Russell

Sunil Narine

The Kolkata Knight Riders have always had a set of quality all-rounders in their team ranging from Jacques Kallis and Yusuf Pathan to the now playing, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. The Caribbean duo were the only players retained by the side ahead of Vivo IPL 2018 and they showed why they were so important to the team and Narine won the MVP award. In this auction, they bought Carlos Brathwaite for a hefty sum of ₹5 crore, probably as a back-up for the injury-prone Russell.

Narine and Russell are KKR's best all-rounders by a large margin. Narine, who is one of the best bowlers in the league has managed to strangle the batsman with his accurate bowling and occasional mystery spin. He has unleashed his great timing and gap-finding abilities after being asked to open the innings with Chris Lynn. After starting out as a pinch-hitter, he has become a full fledged all-rounder and scored a lot of runs in the BPL. Russell, is a swashbuckling middle order batsman who can smash the ball to all parts of the park. He is an impact bowler and can pick up clusters of wickets with his pace bowling.