The 35-year-old Trinidadian off-spinner Sunil Narine became the third bowler to complete 500 T20 wickets after his recent English Vitality Blast match.
On Wednesday (7 June), Narine’s Surrey faced Glamorgan at Cardiff. It was a high-scoring game where Surrey won by 65 runs.
Sunil Narine completed 500 T20 wickets by dismissing Colin Ingram
During that match, Narine had the bowling figures of 4-0-34-1. On the first ball of his second over of the game, the Trinidadian bowler took the wicket of Colin Ingram (11 in 11 balls). It was a special wicket in Narine’s career as he completed 500 wickets in his T20 career. He reached that feat in his 460th T20 match.
Here are some crucial stats of Sunil Narine’s 500 T20 wickets
First off-spinner to complete 500 T20 wickets.
After Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, Narine became the second spinner to record 500 wickets in T20 cricket.
Third bowler to reach 500 wickets milestone in T20 career.
Player | Bowling style | Wickets |
Dwayne Bravo | Right-arm medium | 615 |
Rashid Khan | Right-arm legbreak | 555 |
Sunil Narine | Right-arm offbreak | 500 |
(Updated till 7 June 2023)
Sunil Narine’s wickets in different challenges (only popular challenges)
Status | Wickets |
Indian Premier League (IPL) | 163 |
Caribbean Premier League (CPL) | 101 |
T20 International (T20I) | 52 |
Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) | 41 |
T20 Blast | 25 |
Pakistan Super League (PSL) | 20 |
Big Bash League (BBL) | 14 |
(Updated till 7 June 2023)