Lucknow: A shameful record has been registered in the name of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) explosive opening batsman Sunil Narine in T-20 cricket. In fact, a record has now been registered in the name of Narine for being out on zero the maximum number of times in this format of cricket. Let us tell you that this record was registered in his name at a time when, during the match played between Kolkata and Mumbai Indians (MI) at Eden Garden, MI fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah clean bowled him on a brilliant inbound yorker. Gave.

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Narine is in great form in IPL 2024 but he did not get a single hit in front of Bumrah and the star pacer got him out for zero. With this this shameful record has been added to his name. So, this is Sunil's first duck this season and with this, the veteran all-rounder has now been out on zero 44 times in T-20 cricket. Before him, this shameful record was held in the name of England's Alex Hales, who was out on zero 43 times.

In terms of being out on zero the most number of times in T-20 cricket, Afghanistan's star spinner Rashid Khan is at third place in this list, who has been out on zero a total of 42 times in his career so far. Whereas Ireland's opening batsman Paul Stirling is in fourth place, who has been out on zero 32 times in this format.

If we talk about being out on zero the most number of times in IPL, then Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell are at the first place. These three players have been out on zero a total of 17 times in their IPL career so far. So, Sunil Narine's name has also been added to this unwanted list and he is jointly in second place with Piyush Chawla. Both of them have been out on zero 16-16 times so far.

Sunil Narine's performance in IPL 2024

The left-handed batsman has played a total of 12 matches so far in IPL 2024, in which he has scored a total of 461 runs with an average of 38.42 and an impressive strike rate of 182.94. During this period, he has scored one century and 3 half-centuries, while his best score has been 109 runs.

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