The Eden Gardens witnessed something extraordinary on Tuesday. In the ongoing clash between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, the aggressive allrounder, Sunil Narine hammered his T20 century of the carrier. He achieved this milestone after 15 years from the day he made his debut. The blitzing century came in just 49 deliveries for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. The destructive batter was promoted up the order. He proved the decision corrected by slamming 13 boundaries and six maximums on his way to slamming a 56-ball 109. We wont let the 🎇 stop, its time for our bowlers now! 💪 pic.twitter.com/s5olhkpKmS— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 16, 2024This time credit goes to Gautam Gambhir!Among many factors, the rise of Sunil Narine can be attributed to Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir. He has been using Narine as pitch-hitting during his stint as KKRs captain. Among many cricket experts was former Indian wicketkeeper batter Parthiv Patel, who praised GG for bringing Narine top of the order. What Parthiv Patel has saidIn his commentary on Jio Cinema, Patel said that Gautam Gambhir was the skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders and he was convinced that Narine was one-of-a-kind batter. He was one who promoted Narine to the top of the order and that made the difference. Overjoyed SRKHis hundred brought smiles on the faces of thousands of KKR fans. Among them was KKRs owner Shah Rukh Khan, who couldnt hold himself as was seen clapping and cheering for Narine. #ShahRukhKhan is happiest seeing Sunil Narine hitting his first century ❤️👑#KKRvRR pic.twitter.com/crddezLJWU— Shah Rukh Khan Warriors FAN Club (@TeamSRKWarriors) April 16, 2024KKR posts mammoth target for RRComing to the match, Sunil Narines hundred propelled KKRs total to 223 at the loss of three wickets. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 30 of 18 deliveries, while Rinku Singh contributed significantly by adding quick 20 runs off just 9 deliveries. Playing XIsRajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rovman Powell, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R. Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvi ChahalKolkata Knight Riders: Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit RanaImpact Substitutes of RR: Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Nandre BurgerImpact Substitutes of KKR: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
