A look at the brilliant performance of KKR’s Sunil Narine against RCB in IPL 2024

Narine’s performance with the ball was not very good during the match and he could only get one wicket for 40 runs in his four overs and Virat Kohli scored a lot of runs from his bowling. He got the wicket of Glenn Maxwell. But while chasing the target of 183 runs, Narine destroyed the RCB bowling and revived the game by scoring 47 runs in 22 balls with the help of two fours and five sixes within the powerplay. His runs came at a strike rate of 213.64.

Narine has a good record against RCB. In 11 innings against the franchise, Narine has scored 279 runs at an average of 31.00, which includes two half-centuries. He scored a brilliant 195.10 runs against RCB. His best score against him is 54.

Talking about his statistics as a batsman against other teams, Narine has scored 816 runs in 87 innings for other teams. His average has seen a huge drop to 11.83 and his strike rate is 151.67. His best total score in IPL is 75.

Against RCB, Narine has taken 24 of his 165 IPL wickets at an average of 20.87, much lower than his overall average of 25.83 in the tournament. His bowling strike rate against this franchise has also become 19, whereas his strike rate in IPL is 22.98.

KKR decided to field after winning the toss. After losing the wicket of captain Faf early, Virat Kohli made a 65-run partnership with Cameron Green (33 from 21 balls, four fours and two sixes) and Glenn Maxwell (28 from 19 balls, three fours and one six). Made a partnership of 42 runs with the help of 28 runs). Six). Virat scored 83* in 59 balls with the help of four fours and four sixes and along with Dinesh Karthik (20* in eight balls, three sixes) took RCB to 182/6 in 20 overs.

Andre Russell (2/29) and Harshit Rana (2/39) were the best bowlers for KKR.

In the run chase, Phil Salt (30 runs in 20 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes) and Sunil Narine (47 runs in 22 balls with the help of two fours and five sixes) led KKR with a quick-fire partnership of 86 runs. Gave a good start. 39 balls. After Visak and Mayank Dagar (1/23 each) dismissed the openers, Venkatesh Iyer (50* from 30 balls, with three fours and four sixes) and captain Shreyas Iyer (39 from 24 balls, with two fours and two sixes) With sixes) guided KKR. Won by seven wickets with 19 balls remaining.

Sunil won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his innings of 47 runs and one wicket in his 500th match.

RCB is placed sixth in the points table with one win and two losses. He has only two points. KKR is in second place with four points from two matches with two wins.