In a first of its kind, Sunil Narine became the first-ever cricketer to be shown a red card as Trinbago Knight Riders clashed with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots on Sunday, August 27. The incident happened during the 12th match of the ongoing Caribbean Premier League 2023.
The Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) led by the legendary West Indian cricketer Kieron Pollard incurred the third over-rate penalty and the on-field umpires didn't waste a moment in showing the red card. Narine, who was already done with his four-over spell was the one who made his way out of the field as TKR were forced to keep only two fielders outside of the 30-yard circle and operated with a total of ten players on the field of play, including the bowler and the wicketkeeper.
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The final over turned out to be fairly expensive for Trinbago Knight Riders as Dwayne Bravo, who was chosen to deliver the same ended up conceding 18 runs. Sherfane Rutherford was able to get under the skin of Bravo as he hit him for two boundaries followed by a maximum and another boundary.
Narine was remarkable with the ball in hand for TKR as he returned figures of 3/24. Narine dismissed wicketkeeper-batter Joshua Da Silva, Jyd Goolie and Corbin Bosch to claim his three-wicket haul and conceded runs at a miserly rate of just six runs per over.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots posted 178 runs on the board but their bowlers failed to defend the total. Nicholas Pooran batted like the wind as he racked up a half-century and scored 61 off just 32 balls at a scintillating strike rate of 190.62, including five fours and four sixes.
The finishing touch was provided by skipper Kieron Pollard who hit 37* runs off 16 balls and Andre Russell as he hammered 23* off eight deliveries and helped TKR romp home with six wickets in hand.
