Explosive Jamaican all-rounder Andre Russell is among the top statistical performers on the smart leader-board at the end of the first week of action in the 2019 Indian Premier League.

Dubbed smart stats…..the  new set of metrics….created by Espn-Cricinfo…..take into account opposition strength and context, when rewarding players for runs, wickets, economy rates and strike rates.

Russell who is signed with the Kolkata knight riders is the all-round player of week one with 159 runs at a strike rate of 248.4 to go along with five wickets.

Fellow West Indian Dwayne Bravo meanwhile is the number one bowler on the smart wickets leader-board ahead of Russell and Yuzvendra Chahal.

The category for smart runs is led by Australia’s David warner with 258, followed by Russell….236 and Jonny Bairstow…233.