Sunil Narine - (Source: AFP)
On Sunday, KKR legend Sunil Narine scripted history as the right-arm off-spinner completed 200 IPL wickets. The 37-year-old, playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad, required just a solitary wicket to reach this milestone before the match.
In the ongoing game, Narine completed 200 IPL wickets when he got rid of Salil Arora on the 1st ball of the 16th over. The off-spinner rattled Arora’s furniture and scripted several feats with the historic scalp.
Sunil Narine Becomes 1st Overseas Star To 200 IPL Wickets
Shedding light on Sunil Narine’s numbers, the spinner has 200 IPL wickets in 127 innings. He has become the first overseas player in IPL history to reach this milestone. Here is the list of leading overseas wicket-takers in IPL history.
Most Wickets by Overseas in IPL
- 201* - Sunil Narine
- 183 - Dwayne Bravo
- 170 - Lasith Malinga
- 168 - Rashid Khan
- 145 - Trent Boult
Sunil Narine Becomes 3rd Bowler To Get 200 IPL Wickets
Overall, Sunil Narine has become the 3rd bowler in IPL history after Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal to 200 IPL wickets. Here is the complete list.
Most Wickets in IPL:
- 228 - Yuzvendra Chahal
- 215 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- 201* - Sunil Narine
- 192 - Piyush Chawla
- 187 - Ravichandran Ashwin
Narine now eyes Yuzvendra Chahal's record for most wickets in IPL. He is just 27 dismissals away from displacing the PBKS spinner at the top.
Sunil Narine Scripts A Unique Record With KKR
Besides these two records, Sunil Narine also became the first player in IPL history to take 200 wickets for a single franchise. Notably, the feat has never been achieved before in the history of the cash-studded league.
Overall, if we look at the stats, then Narine has become the seventh-leading wicket taker in a single tournament across globe. Here is the complete list.
Most Wickets by a Bowler in a Single Tournament in T20s (5+ Team Tournament):
- 268 - Danny Briggs in T20 Blast
- 230 - Samit Patel in T20 Blast
- 228 - Yuzvendra Chahal in IPL
- 215 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar in IPL
- 210 - David Payne in T20 Blast
- 210 - Chris Wood in T20 Blast
- 201* - Sunil Narine in IPL
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Sunil Narine's IPL 2026 Season So Far
Shedding light on Sunil Narine, the three time MVP winner has again brought his finest in IPL 2026. The 37-year-old has picked up 9 wickets in 8 innings. He picked up 2/31 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, his second-best figures in IPL 2026.
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Talking about the ongoing match, in the same over, Narine also dismissed dangerous Ishan Kishan. The southpaw scored 42 (29) and courtesy of that dismissal, SRH were reduced to just 165 runs in 19 overs.
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