Most IPL Matches as Overseas Player: Former West Indies spin all-rounder Sunil Narine, playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026, set the record of playing the most number of matches as a foreign player in the history of the Indian Premier League. Narine broke Kieron Pollard’s record in this great record.

The second match of IPL 2026 is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Through this match, Narine came on the field to play his 190th match in the IPL, with which he became the foreign player to play the most matches in the history of the tournament. Kieron Pollard has come second in the list with 189 matches.

Foreign players who played most matches in IPL

Sunil Narayan- 190 matches
Kieron Pollard- 189 matches
AB de Villiers- 184 matches
David Warner- 184 matches
DJ Bravo- 161 matches

Sunil Narine’s IPL career

Narine is one of the few players in IPL history who has played for only one team. Narine, who made his IPL debut through Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012, is a part of KKR till 2026.

In these years, while bowling, he took 192 wickets in 187 innings at an average of 25.63, in which the best was 5/19. Whereas his economy was 6.79. Apart from this, while batting in 122 innings of the tournament, Narine scored 1780 runs at an average of 17.62 and strike rate of 166.51. During this, he scored 1 century and 7 half-centuries, in which the high score was 109 runs.

Sunil Narine’s international career

Narine played 6 Tests, 65 ODIs and 51 T20 International matches in his international career. Narine took 21 wickets in 11 innings of the Test, in which the match best was 8/223. In 65 innings of ODI, Narine took 92 wickets at an average of 26.46, in which the best was 6/27. In 49 innings of T20 International, the Caribbean player took 52 wickets, in which the best was 4/12. While batting, Narine scored 40 runs in the test. Scored 363 runs in ODI and 155 runs in T20 International.

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