India, April 27 -- Another night it could have been a match-winning performance. On Friday, amid the mayhem of 42 sixes and 37 fours, the bowling effort became a footnote. Fits why Ryan ten Doeschate said anti-skill bowling could be the future in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

In a match where 523 runs were scored - a record for Eden Gardens - in the most successful T20 run chase ever, Sunil Narine bowled 12 dot balls in a 24-ball spell. This, at a time when the dot-ball percentage per innings has shrunk to 31.3, the lowest ever in IPL, as per howindialives.com. Narine conceded 24 runs and took the wicket of Rilee Rossouw with one that pitched wide and spun away leading to the batter getting more height than distance.

Narine had one s...