Sunil Narine IPL Record: In the match played in the IPL on Thursday night, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs. KKR bowler Sunil Narine created history with a wicket in the match. He has set a big record by completing 200 wickets for this franchise. He is the second bowler in the world, who has taken 200 wickets for one franchise in league cricket.

Chasing 201 runs, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s team collapsed for 120 runs. Vaibhav Arora dropped 2 wickets as Travis Head (4), Ishaan Kishan (2) quickly. Abhishek Sharma also became a victim of Harshit Rana by scoring 2 runs. The team lost the wickets of the top 3 batsmen for just 9 runs. On Thursday, KKR did a bad condition of the team known for his batting batting. In this match, spinner Sunil Narine made a big record.

Sunil Naren became the first bowler to do so

Sunil Naren took his only wicket as Kamindu Mendis in this match on the third ball of the 10th over. Mendis scored 27 runs in 20 balls. With this wicket, Sunil Naren has completed 200 wickets for the KKR franchise. Sunil Naren has completed 182 for KKR in IPL. He has 18 wickets in the Champions League T20 for this franchise.

Sunil Narine Completed 200 Wickets for Kkr … !!!

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Sunil Narine becomes the second bowler to do so in world cricket

Sunil Naren has become the second such bowler in world cricket, who has taken 200 wickets for one franchise team. Patel has done this before with them. He has taken 208 wickets for the Nottinghamshire team.

Kolkata Knight Riders have come at number 5 in the points table after this magnificent victory, while before that it was at the bottom (10th). This is KKR’s second win in 4 matches. KKR’s next match is against Lucknow Super Giants on 8 April.

Sunil narine stats: Teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will be face to face in Guwahati. Both teams are waiting for the first win of the season. Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kolkata Knight Riders. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals suffered defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad. However, in this match, Kolkata Knight Riders all -rounder Sunil Naren can prove to be a big headache for Rajasthan Royals. In addition to his tabling batting, Sunil Naren can spoil the game of Rajasthan Royals captained by Sanju Samson.

Sunil Naren will be a big challenge for Sanju Samson as a batter!

So far, in 177 matches of IPL, Sunil Narine has scored 1578 runs from the strike rate of 165.94 and an average of 17.34. Actually, the manner in which Sunil Naren bats is a big headache for opposition teams. Especially, it is very difficult to stop this player in the powerplay over. In IPL matches, Sunil Narine has crossed the figure of fifty runs 7 times in addition to 1 century. At the same time, Sunil Naren’s best score in this tournament is 109 runs. However, it will be fun to see what strategy does Rajasthan Royals take against Sunil Naren, captained by Sanju Samson?

This has been Sunil Naren’s IPL career

Apart from this, Sunil Naren has left his mark as a bowler. In IPL matches, Sunil Narine has taken 181 wickets from an economy of 6.73 and an average of 25.4. In this tournament, Sunil Naren has 5 wickets for the best bowling figure 19 runs. Also, he has done the work of taking 4 wickets in the match 7 times. However, it is clear from these figures that it will not be easy for Rajasthan Royals to stop Sunil Naren. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, will be expected to perform well in bowling apart from batting with Sunil Naren.

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Sunil Narine: Kolkata Knight Riders player Sunil Naren is known for his bowling in addition to his bowling. This player has played many memorable innings as an opener. Especially, Sunil Naren continued to open during Gautam Gambhir’s tenure. In the IPL, Sunil Naren has scored 488 runs at a strike rate of 180 as an opener, but this time Sunil Naren will bat on which number? Will Sunil Naren be seen as an opener this time again? However, Sunil Naren himself has given his response to this question.

‘I need my team and circumstances …’

Sunil Naren indicated that he would like to play as an opener for Kolkata Knight Riders. Actually, till IPL 2024, Sunil Narine played the role of Pinch Hotter for Kolkata Knight Riders. But during the tenure of Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Naren made several memorable opening partnership with Phil Salat. However, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Kolkata Knight Riders made Sunil Naren talk before the match. Sunil Naren said that I am ready to play according to the need and situation of my team, but I love playing as an opener.

‘There is no doubt that I like to open …’

Sunil Naren said on his batting position that it depends on the need of the team, but there is no doubt that I like to open. Especially, last year it was good for me as an opener, but I am ready to change the batting order according to the needs of my team. Let us tell you that Sunil Naren is part of Kolkata Knight Riders for a long time. So far, Kolkata Knight Riders have won the title 3 times. Sunil Naren is considered to have a major contribution in the success of Kolkata Knight Riders. For the first time in the IPL 2012 season, Sunil Naren played for Kolkata Knight Riders.

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