The 10th match of IPL 2024 is to be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. This match will be organized at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Fans are eagerly waiting for this match. RCB’s star batsman Virat Kohli is in great form, while KKR team is also coming here after winning their last match. In such a situation, it is fully expected that there will be a close contest. Meanwhile, a KKR player is all set to appear in his biggest match against RCB. This player is none other than Sunil Narayan.
Record will be made as soon as you enter the field
This match will be special for KKR spinner Sunil Narine who will play the 500th T20 match of his illustrious career. Narayan is going to become the fourth player in history to play so many matches, before him Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Shoaib Malik have done so. Pollard is the player who has played the most T20 matches among all these players. He has played a total of 660 matches in this format and is at the top in this list.
Since making his debut in 2011, Sunil Narine has scaled many heights in the T20 format with both ball and bat. He has taken 536 wickets so far and is behind only Dwayne Bravo (625) and Rashid Khan (566) in this matter. Sunil Narine’s economy rate is 6.10 which is the second best among players who have bowled more than 2000 balls in their T20 career. Samuel Badree has bowled at an economy rate of 6.08 in his career of 197 matches. Off-spinner Sunil Narayan has also bowled 30 maiden overs in his career so far, which is the highest in men’s T20 cricket in history.
How has been Narayan’s performance in IPL?
If we take a look at Sunil Narayan’s performance in IPL, he has played a total of 163 matches in this tournament. Where he has taken a total of 164 wickets at an economy rate of 6.72. Narayan has single-handedly led his team to victory in many matches in the IPL. Even with the bat, he has played many brilliant innings for the KKR team. Where he has scored 1048 runs at a strike rate of 159.03 and his best score has been 75 runs.
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