KKR all-rounder Sunil Narine scripts history-wins ‘Most Valuable Player’ award in IPL
KKR all-rounder Sunil Narine scripts history-wins ‘Most Valuable Player’ award in IPL
Notably, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Sunil Narine has emerged as the first player to be honoured with the ‘Most Valuable Player’ award in the Indian Premier League (IPL) thrice after beating the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the final of the 2024 season.
It was in IPL 2012 that Narine won his first MVP award after picking up 24 wickets, which was also his debut season. His second MVP was in 2018 season of the tournament when he scored 357 runs and picked 17 wickets as well.
In the 17th season of the IPL, Narine played a stunning performance for the Kolkata-based franchise. He scored 488 runs and bagged
17 wickets.
In the grand-finale of the Tata IPL 2024 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Narine took one wicket and gave away16 runs in his four-over spell, and removed Jaydev Unadkat from the crease in the 18th over.
In the midst of the run chase, he scored six runs after playing two balls at a strike rate of 300.
KKR lifted their third title under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer after thumping the Hyderabad-based franchise by 8 wickets on Sunday.
After SRH won the toss and chose to bat first. KKR rocked the team with continuous wickets, with the big buy Mitchell Starc justifying his hefty price tag.
Only skipper Pat Cummins (24 in 19 balls, with two fours and a six) and Aiden Markram (20 in 23 balls, with three fours) touched the 20-run mark and SRH was bundled out for 113 in 18.3 overs.
Andre Russell (3/19) was the top bowler for KKR. Starc (2/14) and Harshit Rana (2/24) also contributed well with the ball. Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora took a wicket each.
KKR accomplished the run-chase of 114 run-target in just 10.3 overs with eight wickets in hand. Venkatesh Iyer (52* in 26 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (39 in 32 balls, with five fours and two sixes) shined for KKR in the final match of the tournament.
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