Rana smashed a 34-ball 63, hitting seven sixes and two fours to help KKR post a mammoth 218/4 against Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday.
Russell smashed his way to a 17-ball 48 to help set the game for KKR against Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens.
KKR made 56 runs in 19 balls after the no-ball incident to score their highest IPL total at Eden Gardens.
Andre Russell starred while Robin Uthappa and Nitish Rana scored fifties as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 28 runs at Eden Gardens.
With a debate raging over the runout, it remains to be seen how Ashwin and Co. start afresh in what will be their first away match of the season.
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Kallis' statement came after Russell played an explosive 19-ball 49-run unbeaten knock to help KKR chase down Sunrisers Hyderabad's 182-run target with six wickets in hand.
The Bollywood superstar revealed that the love shown by the KKR fans left Andre Russell overwhelmed so much that he nearly broke into tears.
Andre Russell smashed an explosive 49 to spoil David Warner's scintillating IPL comeback as Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a dramatic six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Andre Russell smashed an unbeaten 19-ball 49 to set up the win for KKR and spoil David Warner's scintillating IPL comeback.
Nitish Rana, Andre Russell and Shubman Gill helped Kolkata beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets at Eden Gardens
Andre Russell will replace Kemar Roach in the side as the latter has been ruled out of the series owing to a stress reaction in the back.
The team is already without the services of Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine though the likes of Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo are here.
The Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder was conspicuous by his absence as a 13-member West Indies squad led by Carlos Brathwaite sweated it out under lights.
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The other members of the Windies T20 side who were seen training included Darren Bravo, Khary Pierre, Nicholas Pooran, Denesh Ramdin and Sherfane Rutherford.
Russell hit three fours and three sixes as the West Indies took only 9.1 overs to reach a target of 91.
The match was organised to raise funds for the refurbishment of five cricket stadia in the Caribbean that were damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.
KKR beat RR in the eliminator match of play-offs by 25 runs.RR captain Ajinkya Rahane said that 170 was a chaseable target but their batsmen weren't able to hang on for long.
On a day KKR star spinner Sunil Narine was expensive and returned wicketless, the likes of Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav stepped up to restrict Rajasthan 144 for four after batsmen put on board 169 for seven.
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