Lasith Malinga vs Sunil Narine Bowling Stats Highlights

Lasith Malinga

Sunil Narine

Team MI (2019) KKR (2025)
IPL Seasons 9 14
IPL Innings 122 187
Wickets 170 192
Economy 7.15 6.8
3 Wickets 18 16
5 Wickets 1 1
Runs Given 3371 4922
Strike Rate 16.63 22.63

Lasith Malinga vs Sunil Narine Wickets Graph


Lasith Malinga Bowling Statistics By IPL Season

Season Innings Bowled Wickets Balls Runs SR Economy 3W 4W 5W
2019 12 16 269 438 16 9.7695 2 2 0
2017 12 11 269 382 24 8.5204 0 0 0
2015 15 24 360 444 15 7.4000 1 1 0
2014 10 16 235 258 14 6.5872 0 1 0
2013 17 20 392 468 19 7.1633 1 0 0
2012 14 22 333 350 15 6.3063 2 1 0
2011 16 28 378 375 13 5.9524 2 0 1
2010 13 15 294 344 19 7.0204 1 1 0
2009 13 18 297 312 16 6.3030 3 0 0

Sunil Narine Bowling Statistics By IPL Season

Season Innings Bowled Wickets Balls Runs SR Economy 3W 4W 5W
2025 12 12 270 351 22 7.8000 2 0 0
2024 14 17 330 368 19 6.6909 0 0 0
2023 14 11 288 383 26 7.9792 1 0 0
2022 14 9 336 312 37 5.5714 0 0 0
2021 14 16 336 361 21 6.4464 1 1 0
2020 10 5 228 302 45 7.9474 0 0 0
2019 12 10 266 347 26 7.8271 0 0 0
2018 16 17 366 467 21 7.6557 1 0 0
2017 15 10 354 412 35 6.9831 0 0 0
2016 11 11 256 304 23 7.1250 1 0 0
2015 8 7 192 234 27 7.3125 0 1 0
2014 16 21 384 407 18 6.3594 1 2 0
2013 16 22 384 350 17 5.4688 2 2 0
2012 15 24 355 324 14 5.4761 0 1 1

🏏 Lasith Malinga vs Sunil Narine - IPL Careers Overview

Lasith Malinga is the IPL’s ultimate yorker king. Across nine seasons—all in Mumbai Indians colours from 2009 to 2019—he scalped 170 wickets in 122 innings, never letting batters breathe at a stunning strike-rate of 16.63 balls per wicket. The sling-armed Sri Lankan terrorised line-ups with 18 three-wicket bursts and a memorable five-for, conceding only 7.15 runs an over despite bowling 2,827 balls of unforgiving yorkers and slower ones at the death. Malinga’s mastery peaked when he nipped out four overs for just 5.1 runs each, a record economy for any 170-wicket bowler in the league’s history. With the bat he was a handy lower-order pinch-hitter, smashing five sixes and six fours in 20 innings for 88 quick runs at a strike-rate of 88. Yet it is with the ball that Malinga became Mumbai’s heartbeat, lifting four IPL titles and finishing as the franchise’s all-time leading wicket-taker—an unbreakable legacy built on 170 scalps, 18 three-fors and one spell for the ages.


Sunil Narine IPL profile: 14 seasons, 192 wickets, 1780 runs, one-man match engine Sunil Narine has become the definitive two-phase weapon in IPL history, piling up 192 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders while striking at 22.63 balls per scalp and keeping the economy to a miserly 6.8. The off-spinner has tortured batters with 16 three-wicket bursts and one five-wicket demolition, landing telling blows in 187 bowling innings since 2012. Yet Narine’s story is not just about the ball. Promoted up the order, he has smashed 1780 runs at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 166, peppering 189 fours and 116 sixes. His lone IPL hundred—an unbeaten 109—arrived off just 56 balls, proving he can flip a chase in the space of an over. Seven fifties and a highest score of 109 add layers to a batting record that few specialist bowlers can rival. From season one in 2012 to the 2025 campaign, Narine has worn only one jersey: KKR purple and gold. That loyalty has delivered both numbers and narrative—4345 balls of mystery spin, 1069 balls of audacious hitting, and countless moments when Eden Gardens rose to its feet for the ultimate IPL double threat.

Note: This overview is partially generated using AI and is based on statistical data. Please verify with official sources for complete accuracy.