West Indies Sunil Narine celebrates taking the wicket of Australia’s Aaron Finch throughout their One-Day Worldwide Cricket match in opposition to Australia in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.
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Former West Indies off spinner Sunil Narine was offered together with his third Indian Premier League (IPL) Most Helpful Participant (MVP) award after Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) acquired a spectacular eight-wicket win within the closing in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Narine took one for 16 taking his whole for the season to 17 wickets as SRH have been bowled out for under 113 inside 19 overs .
KKR’s Rahman-ullah Gurbaz with 39 off 32 balls and Venkatesh Iyer with 52 not out off 26 balls to destroy the opposition assault with a ruthless 91-run stand as they carried their workforce to the 114-run goal with 57 balls to spare giving KKR their third IPL trophy.
Narine hit a six off his first ball however was dismissed by SRH captain Pat Cummins within the second over.
Although Narine didn’t get off with the bat within the closing, he completed as KKR’s high scorer this season, with 488 from 14 innings at a median of 34.85. Narine struck three fifties within the season, together with a superb 109 runs which he scored in opposition to Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens in Kolkata final month.
This was Narine’s maiden T20 century and his glorious efficiency in the course of the season inspired requires his return to the West Indies workforce for the upcoming Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) males’s T20 World Cup after he introduced his retirement late final 12 months.
Narine’s 488-run whole was 11 wanting the 499 runs off by his TT countryman Nicholas Pooran, whereas his 17-wickets taken was simply two wanting the 19 notched up by all-rounder Andre Russell who grabbed three for 19 within the closing.
Narine’s MVP award for the 2024 season provides to his earlier MVP crowns from the 2012 the place he grabbed 24 wickets, and within the 2018 season when he confirmed his all spherical capability scoring 357 runs, to associate with 17 wickets.
