Narine ascends as premier bowler, claims top spot for most wickets with one team

Kolkata Knight Riders KKR bowling allrounder Sunil Narine overtook Sri Lankan and Mumbai Indians MI pace legend Lasith Malinga to become the player with the most wickets for a single team in the history of the IPL 2024 on SundayIn the match Narine could contribute just 10 runs with the bat However he made amends by doing well with the ball He took 234 in his four overs with an economy rate of 850 He took gamechanging wickets of Cameron Green and Mahipal Lomror which swung the game in KKRs favourNow in 169 matches Narine has taken 172 wickets at an average of 2559 and a strike rate of 2275 with the best figures of 519 Surpassing Malinga who has 170 wickets in 122 balls Narine has become the sixthhighest wickettaking bowler in IPL historyAs far as most wickets for a single franchise are concerned Jasprit Bumrah 158 scalps for Mumbai Indians Bhuvneshwar Kumar 150 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Dwayne Bravo 140 wickets for Chennai Super Kings are also a part of this listUnder the mentorship of Gautam Gambhir the franchises former skipper who also won the 2012 and 2014 IPL titles Narine is having a major IPL comeback this year In seven matches he has scored 286 runs at an average of 4085 and a strike rate of over 176 with a century and a fifty He is the fifthhighest rungetter this season He has also taken nine wickets with the best figures of 230Also ReadDu Plessis opens in on Kohlis controversial dismissal after onerun loss to KKRComing to the match RCB skipper Faf Du Plessis won the toss and elected to field first Phil Salts explosive 48 in 14 balls with seven fours and three sixes provided the twotime champions with some extra runs in the powerplay Wickets were falling from the other end continuously but skipper Shreyas Iyer 50 in 36 balls with seven fours and a six Rinku Singh 24 in 16 balls with two fours and a six Andre Russell 27 in 20 balls with four boundaries and Ramandeep Singh 24 in nine balls with two fours and two sixes contributed just enough to take them to 2226 in their 20 oversCameron Green 235 was the pick of the bowlers for RCB Yash Dayal also picked up two wickets but leaked 56 runs Mohammed Siraj and Lockie Ferguson took a wicketIn the runchase RCB lost Virat Kohli 18 and Faf Du Plessis 7 early A 102run partnership between Will Jacks 55 in 32 balls with four boundaries and five sixes and Rajat Patidar 52 in 23 balls with three fours and five sixes helped RCB bounce back however spells from Andre Russell 325 and Sunil Narine 234 changed the match once again Karn Sharma attempted to swing the match in RCBs favour with three sixes in the final over however the team fell short by a run and skittled out for 221 in 20 oversRussell got the Player of the Match for his knock of 27 and three wicketsWith this win KKR moved up to the second spot with five wins and two losses giving them 10 points The RCB stays bottom of the table with a win and seven losses aggregating just two pointsWith agency inputs