KKR star Sunil Narine created history, became the first foreign player to play 200 IPL matches.

Sunil Narine: Kolkata Knight Riders’ star all-rounder Sunil Narine has achieved a big milestone by creating history in IPL 2026. KKR’s star spinner Sunil Narine has become the first foreign player to play 200 matches in IPL history. He achieved this special achievement in the match against Gujarat Titans. As soon as Narine came on the field of Eden Gardens for the match against Gujarat, he made this special record in his name.

KKR’s most trusted player Sunil Narine

This experienced West Indies player has performed brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders for the last several years. Sunil Narine, associated with KKR since 2012, is counted among the most reliable players of the team due to his lethal bowling and explosive batting. He has single-handedly won matches for KKR on many occasions. Along with this, he played an important role in Kolkata winning the title thrice.

Sunil Narine becomes the first overseas player to play 200 matches in the IPL 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3SnW6Cfi4M

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sunil narine ipl career

Talking about the IPL career of 37-year-old star all-rounder Sunil Narine, he made his IPL debut for KKR in the year 2012. The special thing is that since then till now he has been a part of this franchise. Narine has played a total of 200 matches in IPL so far. In which he has taken 203 wickets in 197 innings. Apart from this, while batting, he has scored 1820 runs in 126 innings. During this period, he has scored 1 century and 7 half-centuries. Let us tell you, in the last few seasons, Narine has also played the role of opening batsman for KKR.