kolkata [India]: West Indies all-rounder Sunil Narine has become the third cricketer to take over 550 wickets in men's T20 cricket.
The Caribbean player achieved the milestone during the Indian Premier League 2024 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens on Saturday.
West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo holds the top spot in the list with 625 wickets. Meanwhile, Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan with 574 wickets is at second position.
Against MI, Narine took one wicket in three overs and conceded just 21 runs. He dismissed Ishan Kishan in the seventh over of the match. In IPL 2024, the 35-year-old played 12 matches and took 15 wickets at an economy rate of 6.73.
To summarize, Saturday's match was hampered by rain and was limited to 16 overs per side. However, MI decided to field after winning the toss.
After the early loss of openers Phil Salt and Sunil Narine, the likes of Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh played valuable knocks as KKR reached 157/7 in 20 overs. contributed to.
MI's top bowlers were Piyush Chawla and Jasprit Bumrah.
In the run chase, Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma made a brilliant start with 65 runs. However, KKR soon restricted the flow and took wickets. Tilak Verma and Naman Dir put up a good fight but MI fell short by 18 runs and finished at 139/8 in 16 overs.
Varun Chakravarthy was KKR's top bowler. Andre Russell and Harshit Rana also handled the ball well.
KKR are at the top with 18 points with 9 wins and 3 losses. MI is in last place with 8 points with 4 wins and 9 losses.
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