After opening for Kolkata Knight Riders during the match against Rajasthan Royals in the ongoing IPL 2024 season, Sunil Narine smashes 100 on 49 deliveries and becomes the fourth centurion in the ongoing season.
He has been impressive during the match against DC where the side scored 272 runs and Sunil Narine contributed 85 runs.
He also becomes the third KKR batter to score a century in the history of IPL after Brendon McCullum and Venkatesh Iyer. Sunil Narine continued to bat despite the fall of wickets at regular intervals. The other opener Philip Salt was sent out with 10 runs, Angkrish Raghuvanshi stood aside Sunil Narine to score 30 runs on 18 deliveries.
He had a tough start on the day as he scored only 26 runs by the end of power play but managed to score 50 in 29 balls. During Ashwin’s over he went to pick 15 runs hitting two fours and a six.
𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 🥳
3rd @KKRiders batter to achieve this feat 🎉
What a show this has been from Sunil Narine 👏👏
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After Shreyas Iyer was sent out with 13 runs, Andre Russell was sent out with 13 runs. With Venkatesh Iyer sent out with 8 runs, Rinku Singh scored an unbeaten 20 in 9 deliveries. Avesh Khan and Kuldeep Sen picked up two wickets for Rajasthan while Yuzvendra Chahal and Trent Boult bagged one wicket each.
Finally, Kolkata Knight Riders amassed a score of 223 runs for six wickets in 20 overs at Eden Gardens.
