Andre Russell

The big-hitting West Indian all-rounder is the next viable option for the leadership role in place of Eoin Morgan. He is a regular feature in the playing XI. He leads the Jamaica Tallawahs in the CPL and there is no reason why he cannot lead KKR in IPL 2021.

One of the major concerns with Andre Russell is his fitness which is why the management might think twice before appointing him for the leadership role. He had a dream run in IPL 2019 for the side where he hit more than 50 sixes in the season and scoring over 500 runs. However, he had a forgetful stint in IPL 2020 where he scored 117 runs in 10 games while picking just six wickets.

This year he had had a better outing in the first seven games for KKR. He has scored 163 runs from seven games including a half-century against CSK. He also took seven wickets so far in the season including a fifer against Mumbai Indians. Russell remains an X-factor with both bat and ball which might help him get the role of captaincy for the first time with KKR. Also, captaincy might bring the best out of him much to the liking of the KKR fans for the rest of the season.