Sunil Narine Gets RED Card in CPL, Becomes First Recipient of it | WATCH

Antigua: Trinbago Knight Riders spinner Sunil Narine entered the history books on Sunday during their Carribbean Premier League game against the Patriots’. Narine who was the star of the show with the ball picking up three wickets in his full quota of overs, became the first recipient of the red card in cricket. A rule that has been incoporated in CPL this season. The red card rule has been brought to curb the slow-overs rate issue. Teams are supposed to complete their quota of overs in 85 minutes. And because that was breached, Narine left the ground for the last over. The Knights were left with 10 men for the final over after Narine was asked to leave the field. Kieron Pollard, who is the captain of the Knight Riders, had to station six fielders inside the circle for the final over.

FIRST EVER RED CARD IN CPL.
Sunil Narine sent off today from the ground by showing red card by the umpire. What an incident in cricket. #sunilnarine #CPL23 #CPL2023 pic.twitter.com/H36udH9zaX

— Tasnim Mahmood Sajid (@MahmoodTasnim) August 28, 2023

But the penalty did not help the Patriots as the Knight Riders won the game comprehensively by six wickets and with 17 balls to spare. Nicholas Pooran with 61 off 32 balls was the player of the match.

“Very satisfying. The guys bowled well up until the 17th over, We just continue to play cricket as we know, we just gonna do what we are told, try to play to the best of our ability. The way we approached the chase, Pooran-Tucker partnership and we spoke about how we want to play the innings in two halves. We also talked about finishing games and Russell and I were there in the end to see it off. It’s about understanding and knowing when to pull the trigger. We have been preparing very well and we speak about how we want to play and came out with a different attitude today after the loss yesterday,” Pollard said at the post-match presentation.