Kolkata Knight Riders opener Sunil Narine on Tuesday joined an elite club featuring veteran batsman Rohit Sharma and former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson as they rewrite history in the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League. West Indies all-rounder Narine ended his long wait for a T20 century at the Eden Gardens, demolishing Rajasthan Royals’ formidable bowling attack on matchday 31 of IPL 2024.
Narine scored his maiden T20 century In his 504th match. The Kolkata opener completed his fastest century in 49 balls. Entering an exclusive club in time High scoring encounter between RR and KKRNarine became the third player to score a hat-trick and a century IPL. Narine He scored a hat-trick in the 2013 edition of IPL. The KKR all-rounder dismissed David Hussey, Azhar Mahmood and Gurkeerat Singh to achieve the feat against the Punjab Kings in Mohali.
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Former Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Watson took a hat-trick against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2014. Watson got the better of Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques and Karn Sharma to seal his hat-trick in Ahmedabad. Watson has four centuries in IPL. Watson became the second batsman to score a century in an IPL final in 2018. Indian captain Rohit is the third batsman to score a century and a hat-trick in IPL. The former MI captain scored a hat-trick against Mumbai in IPL 2009. Rohit beat Abhishek Nair and Harbhajan Singh in consecutive deliveries to complete a hat-trick against MI.
Sunil Narine is in a league of his own
Talking about the high-voltage clash between RR and KKR, opener Narine hit six sixes and 13 fours as Shreyas Iyer and co. Helped the post to 223/6 in 20 overs. Narine scored a career-best T20 score of 109 off 56 balls. The KKR batsman scored the joint-fastest century for the two-time winners in the IPL. Narine is the third batsman to score an IPL century for KKR after Brendon McCullum and Venkatesh Iyer. The 35-year-old became the first player in the cash-rich league to take the fifer and score a century.
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