With the wicket of Tilak Varma, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinner became the third-highest wicket-taker in Indian Premier League (IPL) history. He achieved this feat against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium on March 29 (Sunday). Narine has been with the franchise since 2012 and is also the franchise’s leading wicket-taker as well. Before this game, he was the joint third-highest wicket-taker in IPL, level with Piyush Chawla, and now has overtaken the leg-spinner.
Most wickets in IPL
221 Yuzvendra Chahal
199 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
193 Sunil Narine
192 Piyush Chawla
187 Ravichandran Ashwin
This is also Narine’s 190th IPL game, which makes him the most capped overseas player in the tournament’s history. He beats fellow West Indies teammate Kieron Pollard to go top of the pile. Overall, he has played 199 matches for KKR across IPL and Champions League T20.
Most IPL matches played by an overseas player
190 Sunil Narine
189 Kieron Pollard
184 AB de Villiers
184 David Warner
161 Dwayne Bravo
In the game against MI, Narine struggled to get going with the ball, finishing with 1/30 in his three overs. It was a day to forget for him and KKR as MI went on to chase 221 with six wickets and five balls to spare.
MI take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in their next game on April 4 (Saturday) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.
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