During the 31st match of the 2024 Indian Premier League, the all-rounder Sunil Narine created history. In the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, Narine scored his first century in the IPL while batting in the first innings.
The veteran all-rounder played an impressive innings, consistently hitting boundaries. He scored 109 runs from 56 balls at a remarkable strike rate of 195 which includes 13 fours and six sixes. Narine formed crucial partnerships during his innings and contributed his team to reach a total of 223 runs.
After the century, Narine also contributed with the ball and took the wicket. He dismissed Dhruv Jurel during the ninth over of the Rajasthan Royals’ innings, but the umpire initially ruled not out. After the review of the LBW appeal, Jurel was eventually given out.
In addition to his batting and bowling contributions, Narine made an impact during the powerplay and took a catch. While fielding at mid-on, he caught RR’s skipper Sanju Samson’s.
In this match, Rajasthan Royals won the match and elected to bowl first. While batting first, KKR posted a mammoth total of 223 runs at the loss of six wickets. Thanks to Sunil Narine from KKR, who smashed his first century of IPL opening the innings with Philip Salt. Narine got 109 runs in 56 balls which includes 13 fours and six fours.
For Rajasthan Royals, Avesh Khan and Kuldeep Sen got two wickets each, and Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal managed to get one wicket each in their kitty.
While chasing the target of 224 runs, Rajasthan Royals did not have a solid start and they lost Yashasvi Jaiswal at the score of 19 runs. After that skipper, Sanju Samson(12) also returned to the pavilion without any big contribution and then it was Riyan Parag(34) who got some runs along with Jos Buttler.
Rajasthan Royals needed 9 runs from the last six balls against Varun Chakravarthy which was easily accessible by Jos Buttler who scored 107 runs in 60 balls in this match.
For KKR, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, and Varun Chakravarthy got two wickets each, and Vaibhav Arora managed to get one wicket.
