During the 15th match of the IPL 2025, while Kolkata Knight Riders beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 80 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Caribbean cricketer Sunil Narine created a new history as he became the second cricketer to reach the special milestone in T20 cricket.
Last Thursday night (April 3), KKR hosted SRH, the rematch of the IPL 2024 Final, and KKR maintained their recent dominant record. After KKR were sent to bat first, the hosts scored 200/6 in 20 overs. Although KKR lost both their openers in 2.3 overs after scoring 16 runs, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (50) and vice-captain Venkatesh Iyer (60) scored powerful half-centuries, while skipper Ajinkya Rahane (38) and Rinku Singh (32*) had valuable 30s.
In reply, SRH were all out for 120 runs in 16.4 overs. Among the KKR bowlers, Vaibhav Arora (3/29) and Varun Chakravarthy (3/22) picked up three wickets each, while only Kamindu Mendis (27) and Heinrich Klaasen (33) managed to reach the 20-run mark in that chase.
During the match, although Sunil Narine scored only seven off seven balls as an opener, the KKR off-spinner later had the bowling figures of 4-0-30-1. He dismissed set batter Kamindu Mendis (27), and it was his second wicket in the ongoing IPL season.
Who has taken 200 wickets for a team in T20?
With his successful wicket against Kamindu Mendis, Narine recorded 200 T20 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders. He is only the second bowler in history to record 200 T20 wickets for a team.
Sunil Narine (Image Credit: X)
First bowler with 200 T20 wickets for a team
English cricketer Samit Patel was the first cricketer to record 200 T20 wickets for a team. Serving for the English T20 Blast side Nottinghamshire or Notts Outlaws, Patel completed his 200 T20 wickets for the team in the 2023 edition, as he picked up 208 T20 wickets for the team before joining Derbyshire for the 2024 season.
How many T20 wickets has Sunil Narine taken?
Narine has taken 200 T20 wickets for KKR in 189 matches, including 182 wickets in 180 IPL matches. He is currently the sixth most wicket-taker in IPL history. With 576 wickets in 539 T20 matches, he is the third leading wicket-taker in T20 cricket history.
