Sunil Narine IPL Wickets Year by Year

Sunil Narine IPL Wickets Year by Year

Key Insights – Sunil Narine IPL Wickets Year-wise Tracker

Sunil Narine became just the third bowler to take 200 wickets in the IPL, following Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Narine’s economy rate of 6.78 is the joint fifth-lowest by any bowler in the IPL (with a minimum of 300 balls bowled).

His eight four-wicket hauls are the second-most by a bowler in the league’s history.

Narine started his IPL career with 24 wickets in 15 innings for KKR in 2012, finishing with the second-highest wicket tally that season.

The off-spinner also recorded his career-best figures of 5 for 19 against Kings XI Punjab in 2012.

Narine held the best bowling average of 13.50 and the second-lowest economy rate of 5.47 in IPL 2012.

The Caribbean tweaker added 22 scalps to his tally in 2013, including two four-wicket hauls.

The off-spinner achieved the lowest economy rate of 5.46 and the third-lowest average of 15.90 in 2013.

Narine also claimed his only IPL hat-trick during the 2013 season, achieving the rare feat against Punjab.

Narine continued his great form in 2014, bagging 21 scalps across 16 outings. This made him just the second bowler after Lasith Malinga to take 20-plus wickets in three consecutive IPL seasons.

The off-spinner took 67 wickets in 47 innings across three seasons from 2012 to 2014, the most by any bowler during this period. He also played a key role in KKR’s two title triumphs in 2012 and 2014.

Narine was average over the next three seasons, claiming a collective total of 18 wickets from 2015 to 2017.

He had an average of 33.92 and a strike rate of 28.60 over these three seasons, which was the second-highest by a spinner in this phase.

His strike rate of 35.40 was the fourth-highest and his average of 41.20 was the fifth-highest by a spinner in IPL 2017.

Narine picked up 27 wickets across 2018 and 2019, the fifth-most by a spinner in those two seasons combined.

The Caribbean spinner had his worst IPL season in 2020, managing just five wickets across 10 outings.

His average of 60.40 was the second-highest and his strike rate of 45.60 was the fourth-highest among spinners in 2020.

Narine claimed 80 wickets between 2021 and 2026, the fourth-most by a spinner during this period.

He maintained an economy rate of 6.79, the lowest by any spinner from 2021 to 2026. Notably, no other spinner had an economy rate under seven during this period.