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Sunil Narine’s unique feat in IPL 2024, he did something which had never happened in history.

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IPL 2024: These days IPL 2024 is going on. There have been 31 matches in this season. In the match played on 16 April, Rajasthan Royals registered a thrilling victory against KKR by 2 wickets. Batting first, KKR had scored 223 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs, in reply Rajasthan won the match with 2 wickets remaining. Even though Rajasthan Royals won the match, bowling legend Sunil Narine actually won the hearts of the fans with his batting. This KKR opener scored a stormy century at a strike rate of 200 and created history.

Sunil Narine scored a century in just 49 balls. Facing a total of 56 balls, he played an innings of 109 runs, which included 13 fours and 6 sixes. On the basis of this inning, Sunil Narine has made 4 big records in his name.

Sunil Narine made a series of records

KKR’s third centurion

Sunil Narine has become the third player in the history of IPL to score a century for KKR. Before him, this feat was done by Brendon McCullum in 2008 and Venkatesh Iyer in 2023.

Third player to score hat-trick wicket and century

Sunil Narine has become the third player to score a century along with taking a hat-trick of wickets in the IPL. Before him, Rohit Sharma and Shane Watson had done this feat.

Century with 5 wickets and strike rate of 200 plus

Sunil Narine is the only player who took 5 wickets in a match of this league and when it came to batting, he also scored a century at a strike rate of 200 plus.

50th batsman to score a century in IPL

Sunil Narine has become the 50th player to score a century in the history of IPL. He completed his century against Rajasthan Royals in just 49 balls. He was out after scoring 109 runs.