West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo has termed teammate Andre Russell as "Brian Lara of T20 format". "Russell now is our Chris Gayle, is our Brian Lara, in the T20 format. He is the superstar," Bravo stated. Russell has played 49 T20Is for Windies taking 26 wickets and scoring 540 runs at a strike rate of 151.26.