Kolkata: Former Kolkata Knight Riders chinaman Brad Hogg feels there is a bit of disharmony between captain Dinesh Karthik and all-rounder Andre Russell, and the tension could be threatening to the team’s performance in IPL season 2020.
“What is the one flaw in this team? There is only one – the relationship between Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik. We can’t have Andre Russell come out in the media after the game and say we didn’t make the right decisions. That’s got to be done behind closed doors,” Hogg said in the latest episode of his YouTube show ‘Hogg’s Vlog’.
Karthik and Russell differed from each other’s opinions in the 2019 IPL season. The Jamaican questioned the team’s decision-making to send him to lower down the order. However, Karthik had earlier revealed that he had sorted out things with Russell.
Hogg also added that head coach Brendon McCullum should ensure that the tension does not escalate any further. “Brendon McCullum has to make sure he rectifies that relationship, gets on top of it early, because, if there is a little bit of disharmony in this line-up, it can have a ripple effect in a bio-secure environment, and things can get out of hand very quickly,” Hogg said.
