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| Full name | Sunil Philip Narine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (age 36) Arima, Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 295) | 7 June 2012 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 19 December 2013 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 162) | 5 December 2011 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 October 2016 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 55) | 27 March 2012 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 August 2019 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008/09–2018/19 | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13 | Sydney Sixers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013/2018 | Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Trinbago Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/21 | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Dhaka Dynamites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Comilla Victorians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Los Angeles Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunil Philip Narine (born 26 May 1988) is aTrinidadian cricket player who played internationally for theWest Indies. He made hisOne Day International (ODI) debut in December 2011 andTest match debut in June 2012. Primarily anoff-spin bowler, he is also a left-handed batsman.[1] Narine was a part of the West Indies team that won the2012 T20 World Cup, where he took the winning wicket ofLasith Malinga in thefinal. In November 2023, he announced his retirement from international cricket.[2]
Narine made his debut infirst-class cricket forTrinidad and Tobago in February 2009 during theRegional Four Day Competition, bowling thirteen overs without taking a wicket.[3] He did not play another first-class match until nearly a year later,[4] and after going wicketless in the first innings claimed a double scalp in the second, that of tail-enderLionel Baker.[5]
On 20 January 2011, during theCaribbean Twenty20, Narine played his firstTwenty20 (T20) match but did not bowl as the match was rained off before Trinidad and Tobago could bowl.[6] In the end, Trinidad and Tobago won the competition and Narine managed five wickets at an average of 13.40.[7][8] By virtue of winning the competition, Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the2011 Champions League Twenty20 held in September and October, in which Narine was one of three bowlers to take ten or more wickets.[9] He made hisList A debut on 20 October 2011 in theRegional Super50, claiming figures of one wicket for 35 runs (1/35); his wicket that of opening batsmanMiles Bascombe.[10] Trinidad and Tobago won the competition and Narine was the leading wicket-taker in the competition with 15 scalps, five more than the nearest competitor, fellow spin bowlerNikita Miller.[11][12] Narine is the all-time leading wicket taker inChampions League T20 history with 39 scalps.[13] In February 2012, he was bought by theKolkata Knight Riders at $700,000 to play for them in the2012 Indian Premier League.[14]
In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for thefirst edition of theGlobal T20 Canada cricket tournament.[15][16] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament.[17]In2018 Indian Premier League he became the most valuable player, this was his second MVP award, after his debut season in 2012 IPL.[18]
In October 2018, he was named in the squad for theDhaka Dynamites team, following the draft for the2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[19] In March 2019, Narine played in his 100th match in the IPL.[20]
In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[21] In July 2020, he was named in theTrinbago Knight Riders squad for the2020 Caribbean Premier League.[22][23] In February 2021, during the2020–21 Super50 Cup, Narine played in his 100th List A match.[24]
In April 2022, he was bought by theOval Invincibles for the2022 season ofThe Hundred in England.[25]
On 29 March 2024, he became the fourth player overall to play 500 T20 matches, during the2024 Indian Premier League.[26] He also became the first spinner and the first player from KKR to achieve the feat.[27][28]
On 16 April 2024, he scored his first century in the IPL with 109 from 56 balls forKolkata Knight Riders againstRajasthan Royals.[29]
InIPL 2024, he won the MVP award for the 3rd time (the most by a single player), as his performance along with the overall team performance lead to KKR's 3rd title.
When the West Indies toured India inNovember and December 2011 Narine was included in the squad. He made hisOne Day International debut in the third fixture on 6 December, taking the wickets ofVirat Kohli and thenRavichandran Ashwin to help the West Indies to a 16-run victory.[30] Playing in the final two matches (both won by India) Narine took one more wicket while conceding a further 87 runs.[31]
Back in the Caribbean, Narine played three of T&T's six matches in February 2012 in the Regional Four Day Competition, taking 31 wickets at an average of 9.61, and finishing as the team's leading wicket-taker and seventh overall.[4][32] Australia arrived in the West Indies in March, and their tour began withfive ODIs. Narine and West Indies fast bowlerKemar Roach each finished with eleven wickets and were joined leading wicket takers in the series which was drawn 2–2 .[33][34]
Following an injury to fast bowlerKemar Roach, and the conclusion of the 2012 IPL, Narine was drafted into the West Indies squad for the third and final Test against England in June 2012. At the time he had played just six first-class matches, managing 34 wickets at an average of 11.88.[35] Replacing fellow off spinnerShane Shillingford in the side, Narine made his Test debut on 10 June 2012.[36]
A superb performance by Narine of five wickets for 28 runs on 16 July 2012 helped the West Indies beat New Zealand by 20 runs in their fifth and last ODI and win the current series 4–1 at Basseterre, St. Kitts.[37] Playing only in his second Test he was adjudged the Man of the Match after he picked eight wickets which included his maiden five-wicket haul.[38][39] Narine was left out of the first 2 tests vs New Zealand.
As of 8 March 2014, he topped the ICC Twenty20 rankings of bowlers with 784 points.Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan at second, was way behind in points at 714, while Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka with 674 points completed the top three.[40]
He is the only bowler to have bowled amaiden in aSuper Over in a Twenty20 match.[41][42] He was left out of the2021 ICC T20 CWC squad despite his good performance inIPL 2021, prompting several questions and reactions.[43]
Narine has the reputation of a "mystery bowler", due to the variations that he has on hisoff breaks, and how he disguises them, but has been reported for a suspect bowling action on a number of occasions.[44] He missed playing in the final of the2014 Champions League Twenty20 after being suspended for anillegal action with his arm bent by more than 15 degrees and in November 2015 was suspended from bowling in international cricket.[45] His action was reported during the third ODI gameagainst Sri Lanka.[45] In April 2016, he was cleared for bowling in all formats of domestic and international cricket.
Narine's action was again reported during the2018 Pakistan Super League, but was cleared soon after.[46] In 2020, it was reported yet again, this time during the2020 Indian Premier League. It was cleared by the IPL Suspect Bowling Action Committee later in the season.[47]
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