35-year-old veteran Sunil Narine continued his Midas contact in the Indian Premier League 2024 as he slammed his maiden T20 ton in the conflict towards Rajasthan Royals. The West Indies star smashed a superb ton in 49 balls as he powered the Knight Riders’ in the house conflict on the Eden Gardens.Â
Opening the batting for KKR, Narine took a bit time to discover the center of the bat however when he did discover the candy spot, Narine was creaming the pictures everywhere in the floor. Narine has turn out to be the first participant in the history of IPL to rating 100 and have 100 wickets in the cash-rich league.
Narine has performed 168 matches in IPL and 503 in T20s general however to his hundred this time. The knock was laced with 12 fours and 6 sixes and he obtained one other boundary earlier than getting dismissed on 109 from 56 balls.
Narine’s battle with Ravichandran Ashwin was a deal with to be careful for. It appeared a cat-and-mouse contest with Ashwin making an attempt to bowl extensive deliveries in an try to see off the batter. He tonked the off-spinner for a number of boundaries. Narine has additionally turn out to be the third KKR participant to hit 100 in IPL. He joins the elite checklist of Brendon McCullum and Venkatesh Iyer as the one KKR gamers to hit 100.
Narine’s keep got here to an finish when Trent Boult nailed one yorker and obtained the prized wicket in the 18th over. However, Narine’s ton powered KKR to a good-looking whole of 223/6. Rinku Singh offered the ending touches with a 9-ball 20-run knock because the Knight Riders posted a robust whole.
KKR’s Playing XI:
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana
RR’s Playing XI:Â
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal
