Sunil Narine reached the landmark of 600 T20 wickets in his first over of ILT20 2025-26, playing for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders against Sharjah Warriorz. He dismissed Tom Abell to become just the third player in T20 history to get there, after Rashid Khan (681) and Dwayne Bravo (631). Here are some of his notable achievements along the way. Across 568 T20 matches, Narine has maintained an economy rate of 6.16, the best among 117 bowlers with a minimum of 200 wickets in the format.

Narine is one of only five bowlers in T20 history to take 100 or more wickets for two teams alongside Dwayne Bravo, Lasith Malinga, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan. Narine is one of three players to play for a single IPL franchise alongside Virat Kohli and Kieron Pollard (minimum 150 matches). He has played all his IPL cricket for Kolkata Knight Riders, featuring in 189 matches, joint-most by an overseas player in the league with Pollard.  With 192 wickets, he is the leading overseas wicket-taker in IPL history.

Overall, 210 of his 600 T20 wickets have come for KKR, the most by any player for a single franchise, ahead of Lasith Malinga (195 for Mumbai Indians). Narine's only T20 five-wicket haul came in the 2012 IPL against Kings XI Punjab [now Punjab Kings], making him the first overseas spinner in IPL history to take a five-for. Since then, only Adam Zampa (2017) and Wanindu Hasaranga (2022) have achieved the feat as overseas spinners.

In 2013, Narine also took his only T20 hat-trick, again against Punjab Kings, against whom he has the most dismissals in the format (36). Narine has dismissed Rohit Sharma ten times in T20 cricket, the joint-most dismissals of a batter by a bowler, alongside Dwayne Bravo, who has dismissed Pollard ten times. Narine also has 72 wickets at Eden Gardens, the most by any bowler in Kolkata in T20s. His next best venue is the Shere Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, where he has 38 wickets. 

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)