Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine

Kolkata Knight Riders · right arm offbreak · left-hand bat · Bowler

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13
Matches
17
Wickets
6.60
Economy
18.2
Bowl SR

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)sub-floor
141.2
SR · 17 balls · 24 R
24 runs2 4s2 6s
Middle (7–15)sub-floor
300
SR · 4 balls · 12 R
12 runs0 4s2 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
36.4
SR · 11 balls · 4 R
4 runs0 4s0 6s
Powerplay (1–6) · Bowling
7.76
Economy · 75 balls · 4 wkts
97 runs4 wkts31 dots
↗
Middle (7–15) · Bowling
6.47
Economy · 180 balls · 4 wkts
194 runs4 wkts64 dots
↗
Death (16–20) · Bowling
5.44
Economy · 54 balls · 9 wkts
49 runs9 wkts21 dots
↗

Sunil Narine's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 4 wickets in 2 matches (econ 4.44).

Aggregated across 2 captured IPL 2026 fixtures against LSG.

MetricIPL 2026 best opponent (bowling)
Value4 wickets vs LSG
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

P3 — Form & phase

6 claims
IPL 2026 season presence
Sunil Narine appeared in 13 IPL 2026 matches (13-fixture sample) for Kolkata Knight Riders, most recently on 2026-05-24.
13 matchesn=13 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date
Death-overs economy, IPL 2026
Sunil Narine concedes 5.44 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (54-ball sample, #2 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
5.44 RPOn=54 legal deliveries in overs 16-20 · IPL 2026 to date
Bowling economy in IPL 2026
Sunil Narine economy 6.6 in IPL 2026 (309 balls, 17 wickets).
6.6n=309 balls bowled · IPL 2026↗
Powerplay bowling economy in IPL 2026
Sunil Narine powerplay economy 7.8 in IPL 2026 (75 balls, 4 wickets).
7.8n=75 PP balls bowled · IPL 2026↗
Death-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
Sunil Narine death-overs economy 5.4 in IPL 2026 (54 balls, 9 wickets).
5.4n=54 death-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026↗
Middle-overs bowling economy in IPL 2026
Sunil Narine middle-overs economy 6.5 in IPL 2026 (180 balls, 4 wickets).
6.5n=180 middle-overs balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

4 claims
Kolkata Knight Riders appearance rank, IPL 2026
Sunil Narine ranks #7 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Kolkata Knight Riders squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (13 matches).
#7 of 21n=21-player KKR cohort · IPL 2026 to date
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Sunil Narine strike rate 125.0 in IPL 2026 (32 balls, 4 innings).
125.0n=32 balls faced · IPL 2026↗
Runs scored in IPL 2026
Sunil Narine scored 40 runs in IPL 2026 (4 innings, avg 13.3).
40n=4 innings · IPL 2026↗
Wickets in IPL 2026
Sunil Narine took 17 wickets in IPL 2026 (economy 6.6).
17n=309 balls bowled · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

3 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
Sunil Narine won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs GT on 2026-05-16.
1 POTMn=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best bowling in an innings
Sunil Narine's best IPL 2026 bowling: 2/1 in 0.3 overs vs LSG on 2026-04-26.
2/1n=1 innings (0.3 overs bowled) · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Sunil Narine's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 60* for the 8th wicket with Rinku Singh vs LSG on 2026-04-26.
60* runs (8th-wkt)n=1 partnership · 30 balls · IPL 2026 to date

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
Sunil Narine took the field for Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 fixture vs DC on 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664).
KKR vs DCn=1 match · 2026-05-24 (fixture 69664)
IPL 2026 first appearance
Sunil Narine first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-29 vs MI (fixture 69519).
2026-03-29n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026————————
IPL career122122182018165.617109

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL 2026131317206.63/240
IPL career20020020925.26.79—0
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-09-08 03:21:06 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-09-08 03:21:06 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Sunil Narine took 192 wickets in 187 pre-2026 IPL matches (2012–2025), economy 6.8.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2012KKR299—920
2013KKR62113—702
2014KKR4106—500
2015KKR100——00
2016KKR374—700
2017KKR1422454172.317.233410
2018KKR1635775189.922.314023
2019KKR814347168.217.88179
2020/21KKR912164142.413.44108
2021KKR106226131.97.7535
2022KKR97122177.58.8866
2023KKR10217—321
2024KKR14488109181.434.865033
2025KKR1224644170.822.362519
CareerKKR1181780109166.817.62189116

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
201215245.4813.514.8
201316225.4715.9117.5
201416216.4319.918.6
2015877.3133.4327.4
201611117.1327.6423.3
201715106.9841.235.4
201816177.6627.4721.5
201912107.8334.726.6
2020/211057.9560.445.6
202114166.4522.5621
20221495.5734.6737.3
202314117.9834.8226.2
202414176.6921.6519.4
202512127.829.2522.5
Career1871926.825.6922.7
Window: IPL 2012–2025 (pre-2026), 118 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show —.
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 4 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-04-26LSG vs KKR4*666.700Not outW
2026-04-17GT vs KKR050.000caughtL
2026-04-14CSK vs KKR2417141.222caughtL
2026-04-02KKR vs SRH124300.002caughtL
Last 4 innings · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball · See all →

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs CSK · MA Chidambaram Stadium2417141.22026-04-14
vs SRH · Eden Gardens124300.02026-04-02
vs LSG · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium4*666.72026-04-26
Top 3 innings by runs · IPL 2026 · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3

Batted at 3 distinct positions (#1–#9).

PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#1 opener12417141.224.00
#8 lower middle1124300.012.00
#9 tail241136.44.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3

How Sunil Narine was dismissed across 3 wickets.

3
100%
Caught

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
CSK12417141.224.02224
SRH1124300.012.00212
LSG14666.7—004*
GT1050.00.0000
Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
MA Chidambaram Stadium12417141.224.02224
Eden Gardens1124300.012.00212
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium14666.7—004*
Narendra Modi Stadium1050.00.0000
All captures · Full breakdown: /players/sunil-narine/by-venue

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As bowler

vs batterBallsRunsSR concededDotsWkts
Shubman Gill2327117.4100
Ayush Badoni181266.790
Tilak Varma161062.5100
Abhishek Sharma1423164.350
Rishabh Pant1316123.120
Axar Patel13753.870
Lokesh Rahul1227225.010
Virat Kohli1213108.330
Heinrich Klaasen1116145.530
Jos Buttler1119172.740
Ryan Rickelton920222.240
Travis Head913144.450

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
125.0
SR of 125.0 vs pace bowling — 32 balls faced
32 balls·4 6s

Full breakdown at /players/sunil-narine/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Phase split
/phase-split
Death Overs
/death-overs
Powerplay
/powerplay
Recent Form
/recent-form
By Venue
/by-venue
vs Bowling Type
/by-bowling-type
IPL 2026 Season
/ipl-2026
IPL Career
/ipl-career
Partnerships
/partners
Franchise Mobility
/mobility

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IPL 2026
Purple cap — most wickets — IPL 2026

Sunil ranks #11 with 17 (309 legal deliveries bowled).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Best bowling economy rates — IPL 2026

Sunil ranks #1 with 6.60 (309 legal deliveries bowled).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Best death-overs economy — IPL 2026

Sunil ranks #2 with 5.44 (54 legal deliveries in death overs (overs 17–20)).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Best powerplay economy — IPL 2026

Sunil ranks #8 with 7.76 (75 legal deliveries in powerplay (overs 1–6)).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Kolkata Knight Riders
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
R Ashwin · 57 ballsKhaleel Ahmed · 43 ballsMohammed Siraj · 32 ballsBhuvneshwar Kumar · 28 ballsJaydev Unadkat · 28 ballsAnshul Kamboj · 24 ballsYash Dayal · 23 ballsSandeep Sharma · 23 balls
Venues played at
Eden Gardens · 1 matchMA Chidambaram Stadium · 1 matchNarendra Modi Stadium · 1 matchBharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Sunil Narine is an Indian cricketer playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026 as a bowler (right arm offbreak), left-handed batter born in Arima.
Sunil Narine plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026.
Sunil Narine appeared in 13 IPL 2026 matches (13-fixture sample) for Kolkata Knight Riders, most recently on 2026-05-24.
Sunil Narine's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 4 wickets in 2 matches (econ 4.44).
Sunil Narine bowls right arm offbreak.
Sunil Narine's top opponent (bowling) in IPL 2026: LSG — 4 wickets in 2 matches (econ 4.44).
Sunil Narine concedes 5.44 runs per over in IPL 2026 death overs (54-ball sample, #2 of 66 qualifying bowlers).
Sunil Narine won Player of the Match in IPL 2026 — most recently vs GT on 2026-05-16.
Sunil Narine ranks #7 of 21 CricketStudio-tracked Kolkata Knight Riders squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (13 matches).
Sunil Narine is Indian, born in Arima.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Sunil Narine are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/sunil-narine — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Sunil Narine was born on 26 May 1989.
Sunil Narine bats left-handed.
Sunil Narine powerplay economy 7.8 in IPL 2026 (75 balls, 4 wickets).

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Sunil Narine to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_230558

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Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball match data. Computed 2026-09-08. All metrics are recalculated from raw delivery records. Minimum sample floors apply per claim.