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On April 9, in the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, the OG bowler from the home team, Sunil Narine, became the first overseas bowler to have 200 wickets in T20 cricket. He achieved the record by dismissing Mohammed Shami in the 16th over.

 

Sunil Narine kept the pressure firmly on throughout the 15th over, troubling Mukul Choudhary and Mohammed Shami with his sharp turn and clever variations. Shami, in particular, looked completely clueless, initially beaten by a delivery that held its line and zipped past the outside edge.

 

On the final ball of the over (14.6), Narine tossed one up full on middle stump, tempting the batter into going for the big shot. Shami tried an ambitious slog over the leg side, looking to hit with the spin, but failed to connect cleanly. The ball came off the inside half of the bat and ballooned high towards deep square leg, where Anukul Roy settled under it comfortably near the boundary ropes to complete an easy catch.

 

Most T20 wickets by an overseas bowler

 

Rank Bowler Country Wickets in India Matches

1	Sunil Narine	West Indies	200	181
2	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	190	160
3	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	188	142
4	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	156	116
5	Trent Boult	New Zealand	128	112
6	Andre Russell	West Indies	128	123

 

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LSG defeats KKR in a thriller by 3 wickets, courtesy Mukul Choudhary

 

Lucknow Super Giants pulled off a dramatic three-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders off the final ball at Eden Gardens, chasing 182. KKR posted 181/4 after solid contributions from Ajinkya Rahane (41), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (45), Cameron Green (32*), and Rovman Powell (39*). Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Siddharth, and Avesh Khan picked up a wicket each for LSG.

 

In reply, Ayush Badoni anchored the chase with a fluent 54 off 34, but the game turned when LSG slipped from 125/6 to 128/7 after Mohammed Shami’s dismissal to Sunil Narine. Mukul Choudhary then produced a sensational unbeaten 54 off just 27 balls, smashing seven sixes at a strike rate of 200.00. His late assault, supported by Avesh Khan’s calm presence, carried LSG to 182/7 in 20 overs. For KKR, Vaibhav Arora and Anukul Roy claimed two wickets each, while Narine’s economical 1/13 nearly changed the game.