IPL 2017: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, 5 factors of winning

#4 X-factor: Narine to pick more wickets for KKR

Narine has picked up just one wicket in two games so far

For the past five years, Sunil Narine has been the most prolific wicket-taker for KKR and has made it difficult for every batsman to score runs off him. His mystery spin combined with the pace doesn’t give too much time for the batsmen to adjust.

But with his remodelled action, he hasn’t proved to be that threatening so far in the season. Against GL, he gave away 33 runs in 4 overs whilst remaining wicketless. However, against MI he had better returns as he finished with figures of 1/22.

Although his economy rate is just fine, the wickets’ column is not where it used to be earlier. He has to come back amongst the wickets as soon as possible to better KKR’s chances this year.

There is a possibility that he might not find a lot of turn in Kolkata and in that case, he needs to be the bowler who keeps a check on the run-rate.