Kolkata Knight Riders crushed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs. Sunil Narine took one wicket, making history. He became the second bowler to take 200 wickets for a single franchise in league cricket.
Sunrisers Hyderabad collapsed to 120 runs chasing 201. Vaibhav Arora took two early wickets. Abhishek Sharma fell to Harshit Rana. The team lost its top three batsmen for just nine runs. Sunil Narine achieved a big milestone in this match.
Narine took his only wicket in the 10th over. Kamindu Mendis scored 27 runs off 20 balls. With this wicket, Narine completed 200 wickets for the KKR franchise. He has taken 182 wickets for KKR in the IPL and 18 in the Champions League T20.
Achieving greatness
Narine is the second bowler in world cricket to take 200 wickets for a single franchise. He joins the likes of Patel, who took 208 wickets for Nottinghamshire.
SUNIL NARINE COMPLETED 200 WICKETS FOR KKR…!!!
– One of the Greatest ever. pic.twitter.com/jJOfbU7P19
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 3, 2025
Kolkata Knight Riders jumped to fifth in the points table with this win. They will face Lucknow Super Giants on April 8. This was KKR’s second win in four matches.