Kolkata: With three wins out of five matches played, Kolkata Knight Riders, at present, tops the points table in the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2018).
Not every gun is blazing for the side but still two of its players in the form of Sunil Narine and Nitish Rana are doing things for their side in a manner bit different.
Narine is a quality spinner and Rana has always been a proper right-handed batsman. Narine has also shown his hands with the bat but this time Rana has also joined forces and is doing the same by providing KKR some crucial breakthroughs in T20 games.
The scores of Sunil Narine in the played five games read 50, 12, 9, 1, 35 with seven wickets to his kitty.
On the other hand, Nitish Rana has scores of 34, 16, 18, 59 and 35 in the five outings while he scalping five wickets is a major boon for the side.
Rana has turned the game in Kolkata’s favour majorly two times. Firstly, in a game against Royal Challengers Bangalore where he sent two well-set batsmen Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers back to the pavilion in the same over.
Secondly, Rana broke a solid opening stand between Ajinkya Rahane and D Arcy Short by dismissing both the openers in a Rajasthan Royals versus Kolkata Knight Riders match.
Notably, Narine has always remained instrumental with bowl throughout.
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