Sunil Narine (Cricketer)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sunil Narine

• Does Sunil Narine smoke?: No

• Narine’s first ODI wicket was of Virat Kohli at Motera, Ahmedabad in 2011.

• In IPL 2013, he took a hat-trick against Kings XI Punjab by dismissing David Hussey, Azhar Mehmood and Gurkeerat Singh.

• In 2012, he won the Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award.

• His father named him after the name of Sunil Gavaskar as he was a huge fan of his.

• He is the first ever bowler to bowl a maiden super over in T20 cricket to Nicolas Pooran in a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match against Red Steel.

• Kolkata Knight Riders bought him in IPL for the first time with a whopping amount of 3.55 crore (INR). He didn’t disappoint them and was the 2nd highest wicket-taker (24 wickets), which helped KKR win their first IPL title.

• He is popular for his spiked Mohawk hairstyle.

• Despite the IPL success, he still lives in his parent’s 2-room old house.

• Once he smashed 4 consecutive 6s off Glenn Maxwell‘s bowling in an ODI.

• On 28 August 2023, during a CPL 2023 T20 match between Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Kieron Pollard gave Sunil Narine a slow-over red card, making him the first player in CPL history to receive such a penalty.