IPL 2021 Playoffs: If Andre Russell Has to Come in, Eoin Morgan Has to Sit Out – Brad Hogg Makes Bold Comment on KKR Playing XI Ahead of RCB Eliminator

Dubai: While CSK take on DC for a place in the final on Sunday – a day later – KKR would lock horns with RCB to keep their title hopes alive. For KKR to win the title, they need to win three on-the-trot – there is no chance of a slip-up. And for that to happen, the team needs to fire collectively. The speculations are that Andre Russell would return to the side – but if that has to happen – who sits out?

Ex-Australian cricketer Brad Hogg reckons if Russell has to come into the XI, KKR captain Eoin Morgan – who has been woefully out-of-form – would have to sit out. Now, would that happen considering he is the skipper of the side? Hogg said that Shakib-al-Hasan cannot be dropped at any cost.

Hogg said on his YouTube channel: “It would be a huge risk to bring Russell in if he is fit to play. Also, they might have to take out one of their prominent players who has performed so well in the last couple of games – Shakib Al Hasan. I wouldn’t take that risk because you have Ferguson coming back from injury as well. If one of them (Russell or Ferguson) goes down, then you haven’t got a frontline bowler to finish off the overs.”

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