Sunil Narine goes past 500 T20 wickets in career, becomes only third player to do so

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Sunil Narine has picked up his 500th T20 wicket in the T20 Blast on Wednesday (June 7). The spinner reached the major milestone while playing for Surrey against Glamorgan at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

The West Indies bowler's 500th scalp was Glamorgan and former South Africa player Colin Ingram, who was out caught in Narine's bowling. Narine helped Surrey to win the game by 65 runs against Glamorgan.

Narine has got to 500 T20 wickets in 460 matches. The mystery spinner is one of the miserly bowlers with an economy of just 6.05 throughout his career in the format. Narine already has picked up 11 wickets in the ongoing T20 blast and looks set to break more records in the coming days.

Narine becomes only 3rd bowler to 500 T20 Wickets

Sunil Narine also became only the third bowler in history of the game to have 500 T20 wickets. Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan is ahead of him with 555 scalps, whereas former West Indies bowler Dwayne Bravo holds the record for most T20 wickets with 615.

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Narine career wickets at a Glance

Sunil Narine's 500 T20 wickets have mostly come in the franchise tournaments. Narine has 52 T20I wickets while playing for West Indies in 51 matches. His best figure in an international T20 match is 4/12, which came against New Zealand in 2012. He also has 7 three-wicket hauls while playing for West Indies.

In IPL, the Caribbean bowler has only played for Kolkata Knight Riders and has 163 wickets to his name. His T20 career-best of 5/19 also came in the IPL while playing for KKR.

Narine players for various teams in various franchise tournaments. He has played in Big Bash League (BBL), Pakistan Super League (PSL), The 100, Caribbean Premier League (CPL), ILT20 and Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).