Today in Vizag, you will see the Delhi Capitals bowler saying just these two words, Narayan Narayan. Because Kolkata Knight Riders opening batsman Sunil Narine broke the thread of Delhi bowlers in Vizag.
Yes, Kolkata Knight Riders scored the highest score in their IPL history and played the biggest role in it. Opening batsman Sunil Narine, who scored 85 runs off just 39 balls. Where he hit seven sixes and seven fours. Let us tell you that his strike rate during this period was around 218.
First he got the support of Phil Salt and then Angkrish Raghuvanshi, the dashing batsman playing for KKR, hit five fours, three sixes in just 27 balls and during this his strike rate was 200.
KKR's number two and number three batsmen combined to destroy the Delhi bowlers. Sixes were flying. Delhi bowlers also flew and let me tell you this is Sunil Narine's biggest innings in IPL history and he did it against Delhi Capitals. He scored 85 runs off 39 balls. Earlier he scored 75 off 36 balls against Punjab and 64 off 32 balls against Delhi. He scored 54 off 17 balls against RCB and earlier also scored 50 off 19 balls.
But Gautam Gambhir came back and as soon as he came, Sunil Narine was once again given the responsibility of opening. And I believe that in today's modern T20 cricket, you have to bat in this way. If you get out, it's one thing and if you don't get out, it's another thing, this time Sunil was not out. He gave a big explosive charge to the team and led Kolkata Knight Riders to one of the biggest, most explosive and powerful scores in their history. And you can tell from Sunil Narine's innings that he is a bowler but Gambhir has opened before him and Gambhir has again opened with Sunil.