Sunny time for KKR’s Narine with bat and ball v RCB
Updated On: 31 March, 2024 07:25 AM IST | Bangalore | R Kaushik
The tone was set in the first over of the chase by Phil Salt, who hammered Mohammed Siraj for two sixes and a four in an 18-run riposte. Salt then enjoyed the Narine blitzkrieg from the best seat in the house
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Kolkata Knight Riders’s Sunil Narine hits out against RCB in Bangalore on Friday. Pic/AFP
Home teams had won the first nine games of IPL 2024. Conversely, Kolkata Knight Riders hadn’t tasted defeat in six straight matches, dating back to 2016. One of those records had to take a tumble on Friday night.
Sunil Narine emphatically settled that debate, consigning Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to a seven-wicket humbling with 19 deliveries to spare, making Faf du Plessis’ side the first to court defeat on home turf. In his 500th representative T20 game, the Trinidadian made up for an ordinary day in the park with a blazing 47 whilst opening the batting, making RCB’s 182 for six appear well below par.
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