IPL 2019: 'X-factor' players in each team

#3 Kolkata Knight Riders - Andre Russell

Probably the biggest match-winner in IPL history

In a team filled with players like Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, and Carlos Brathwaite, it is difficult to pick the biggest X-factor for a team's success, but with Andre Russell being the biggest match-winner, he will be the X-factor for KKR.

Russell can take the game away from the opponents in the span of few overs. In the 50 IPL matches that he has played, he has managed to score nearly 900 runs at a mind-blowing strike rate of 177.29 and has also been able to take 44 wickets.

Russell's ability to hit huge sixes in death overs make him a priceless component in any lineup while he can also be just as impressive with the ball as well. Like Hardik Pandya, things seem to happen when Andre Russell is playing. In a CPL match earlier this year, he scored 121 runs in 49 balls, and also got a hat-trick with the ball, in the process becoming only the second player to do so.