Pollard produced a late power hitting masterclass with a 26-ball 65.
At one stage, the scoreboard showed St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at just 7/0 after 1.4 overs, with Narine already applying immense pressure through his accuracy and variations.
IPL 2026 has witnessed experienced stars proving their class once again as veterans like Kohli, Narine and Bhuvneshwar continue delivering impactful performances consistently despite rising young talents.
IPL 2026 has witnessed experienced stars proving their class once again as veterans like Kohli, Narine and Bhuvneshwar continue delivering impactful performances consistently despite rising young talents.
Sunil Narine scripts history with 200 wickets for KKR, underlining his legacy. His consistency, adaptability, and match-winning spells continue to define his greatness in IPL cricket.
Sunil Narine scripts history with 200 wickets for KKR, underlining his legacy. His consistency, adaptability, and match-winning spells continue to define his greatness in IPL cricket.
Narine’s all-round abilities still make him a valuable asset, but his role may now shift away from being a regular opener to a more situational impact player.
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Playing his debut IPL season in 2012, he clinched 24 wickets in 15 matches to help KKR register their first trophy win under Gautam Gambhir’s leadership.
The remainder of IPL 2025 is set to resume from Saturday, May 17 with RCB taking on KKR at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
In the following listicle, we will have a look at the top captaincy and vice-captaincy picks for KKR vs RR IPL 2025 clash.
The legendary spinner equalled the world record of taking the most wickets for one team in T20 cricket as he completed 208 wickets in his 195th match for the Shah Rukh Khan co-owned franchise.
With the completion of the league’s 17 years, it’s essential to know overseas players who achieved success in the distinguished T20 tournament.
The disheartening shows from openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sunil Narine created pressure on successive batters, which resulted in KKR losing the game by 39 runs.
The gauge test on Sunil Narine’s bat happened before KKR’s pursuit of the 112-run target against PBKS in the IPL 2025.
KKR were at 99 for 3 before Sunil Narine struck to dismiss David Hussey for 12(15) runs on the fourth ball of the 15th over.
After the early fall of openers, other CSK batters looked timid, reaching 103/9 in 20 overs before KKR won with eight wickets in hand and 59 balls to spare.
With his 3/13 figures, Narine also became the most successful spinner against CSK in the tournament’s history.
Speaking of the match, after Sunil Narine’s departure, the KKR scoreboard read 91/2 with Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer in the middle.
It is to be noted that the veteran international missed the side’s match against RR in IPL 2025 owing to ill-health.
KKR will kick off their campaign against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the opening game at the iconic Eden Gardens on March 22. Ahead of the much-awaited clash, SportsTiger is having a look at Kolkata’s best playing XI for the upcoming tournament.
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With the T20 extravaganza just 16 days away, let’s recount crucial moments related to the number in the league.
Sunil Narine has been a part of Kolkata Knight Riders since making his IPL debut for them way back in 2012, their first title-winning season.
Since Gautam Gambhir has become the Indian head coach, there is a visible trend of Indian batters rolling their arm over.
KKR demolished SRH by eight wickets in the final of the 2024 edition as they chased down 113 in just 10.3 overs.
The 35-year-old has scored 482 runs from 13 innings at an average of 37.08 and strike rate of 179.85.
Kolkata Knight Riders are 40/3 after 4.1 overs against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2024, as of this writing.
The Mumbai Indians will host the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, May 3.
Phil Salt came up with a remarkable knock of 75 runs off 37 deliveries, whereas Sunil Narine scored 71 runs off 32 deliveries.
Sunil Narine took to social media to affirm his commitment to his decision and said that while he is grateful for the support, he wouldn’t make a U-turn.
It is to be noted that Narine last played for West Indies in August 2019 and in November 2023, he called off curtains to his international career.
Moments after his 49-ball ton, Narine got out at a score of 109 in 56 balls with 13 fours and six sixes.
After losing the toss, Kolkata was asked to bat first and lost in-form opener Phil Salt cheaply.
Ahead of the clash against Chennai Super Kings, Iyer grabbed all the limelight, when he was spotted imitating the bowling action of star spinner Sunil Narine.
During the match, Narine, who opened up with Philip Salt for Kolkata, played a brilliant knock to give the side a favourable start over their counterparts.
IPL 2024 is set to commence from March 22 with CSK taking on RCB in Chennai in the tournament opener.
Narine made his international debut at Ahmedabad on December 05, 2011, against India in ODI cricket.
The Kieron Pollard-led Trinbago Knight Riders registered their maiden win, beating St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 6 wickets.
Los Angeles Knight Riders will open the tournament with a match against Texas Super Kings at the Grand Prairie Stadium in North Texas on July 13.
IPL is considered as a tournament for the youngsters, which is one of major reasons why team mostly prefer them over veterans, who are eventually forced to take retirement earlier than they would themselves like.
Although the management is hopeful about Iyer returning to action midway through the IPL, they need to identify an interim captain.
While Dubai Capitals have the firepower in the form of Rovman Powell and Robin Uthappa, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders will rely on Andre Russell and Jonny Bairstow in their arsenal.
The Windies will play their T20 World Cup opener against Scotland in Hobart on 19 October.
The cricket fan was also donning KKR colours and looked very similar to the West Indian cricketer.
Shubman Gill has amassed 200 runs in the tournament, including his highest being 96 against Punjab Kings at the strike rate of 151.51.
Sunil Narine fell short of the popping crease and had to walk out with a devastated face.
Nitish Rana needs 57 more runs to complete 2000 runs in IPL.
Sunil Narine’s top-notch all-around performance guided Comilla Victorians to victory against Fortune Barishal by a mere 1-run on Friday.
During the second qualifier game between Comilla Victorians and Chattogram Challengers at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Narine smashed a 13-ball fifty which comprises 5 fours and six sixes.
Sunil Narine has been one of the four retained players by KKR for the upcoming Indian Premier League season of 2022.
With victory over RCB on Monday, KKR became the first team to win 3 eliminator games in IPL history.
Having already dismissed KS Bharat and Virat Kohli, Sunil Narine came to bowl the 15th over and produced another huge breakthrough for his side
While KKR are placed fourth in the points table and are still in the race of playoffs, RR will be taking the field to keep their prestige.
On UAE soil, KKR have won both their matches against SRH in IPL so far.
KKR won the match by 3 wickets with Sunil Narine playing an anchor role with the ball & bat.
Kolkata’s win has taken them to 10 points from 11 matches.
The Aussie had also got a hair-cut done in IPL 2020 by KKR’s assistant coach Abhishek Nayar but the outcome was quite disappointing. However, things were slightly different for him this year.
The KKR spinner was at his absolute best against Punjab Kings on Monday, finishing with figures of 4-0-22-2.
The ball went towards square leg where Yashasvi Jaiswal came in running, dived forward and pulled off a stunning catch to dismiss the player.
KKR’s match against RCB was their last one at the MA Chidambaram Stadium this year and the team will now head to Mumbai for their next set of matches.