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[VIDEOS] Sunil Narine - The batter

He’s starting to look like a real hack now. Wonder how long he’ll continue to be used as an opener for?
 
He's Kachra, don't make him Bhuwan!

- Virender Sehwag
 
Now that he can’t Chuck his bowling is pretty average too.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPL2020</a> | Opener Sunil Narine’s diminishing returns for Kolkata Knight Riders<br><br>writes <a href="https://twitter.com/DhimanHT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DhimanHT</a> <a href="https://t.co/h54BX1f5Eb">https://t.co/h54BX1f5Eb</a></p>— HT Sports (@HTSportsNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/HTSportsNews/status/1312251514858004482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
He can only bat well @ opening.. Have 170+ SR @ opening and below hundred everywhere else.. Just bowl short ball at him more often than not he'll holed out non-powerplay overs..
 
64 off 32 balls by Sunil Narine to hepl KKR to 194-6 (20 Ov)

Always in the news Narine :)
 
Sunil Narine blasted a 13-ball fifty in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Only Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh and Hazratullah Zazai have reach fifty in fewer deliveries in a T20 than Narine has today.

He finished his innings with a SR of 356.25.
 
Just saw the highlights. He faced club level bowling for that 13 ball fifty. Still credit to him.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A brilliant performance from Sunil Narine helped Surrey continue their unbeaten start to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blast22?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Blast22</a> 👏<br><br>Watch the highlights! ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/KyFvbkrOcB">pic.twitter.com/KyFvbkrOcB</a></p>— Vitality Blast (@VitalityBlast) <a href="https://twitter.com/VitalityBlast/status/1538058178948124672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sunil Narine scores as opener in IPL (most recent first):

2(4) v SRH 2024
0(3) v CSK 2023
5(5) v GT 2022
0(3) v RR 2022
3(5) v DC 2020

Should he only focus on bowling now?
 
Sunil Narine came out of syllabus for RCB, as he continued his bashing against them. Gone after a well made 47(22).
 
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Most 6s by Narine against an Opponent in IPL20

vs RCB*11
vs PBKS 9
vs DC 8
vs CSK 8
vs RR 6
vs SRH
4 vs LSG
 
See Ball Hit Ball without any fear or concern about getting out and end result is KKR is 90/1 in 6 overs. This is how you make the most of the powerplay and the fielding restrictions.

When will the Pakistani Team Management get on with the times and upgrade their approach to T-20 and ODI Cricket. I hope Mohsin Naqvi orders Babar and Rizwan to not open the innings.
 
With Babar Rizwan duo you are expected to get 45/0 in 6 overs max if none of them gets dismissed or worse 36/1 if one of them gets dismissed.
 
Sunil Narine has been excellent so far and been dealing in boundaries. Looks like he’s in form of his life. He smashes a fifty in only 21 balls against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024
 
Savak said:
See Ball Hit Ball without any fear or concern about getting out and end result is KKR is 90/1 in 6 overs. This is how you make the most of the powerplay and the fielding restrictions.

When will the Pakistani Team Management get on with the times and upgrade their approach to T-20 and ODI Cricket. I hope Mohsin Naqvi orders Babar and Rizwan to not open the innings.
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If it clicks it looks real good. Most of the times it fails for Narine. Having luxury of good batters down the order also enables this kind of style.
 
IndoorCricket said:
If it clicks it looks real good. Most of the times it fails for Narine. Having luxury of good batters down the order also enables this kind of style.
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They give freedom. They have strategy to maximize potential. Last 2 or 3 seasons he failed as an opener. Seems like he has worked on his batting agaiin. He is even pulling balls for sixes thiis season.
 
Such innings can only be played in the IPL. Sunil cannot even imagine such innings in the PSL
 
So many million dollars wasted on Starc. He will perform poorly like this in the first half and then get into the correct T20 cricket rhythm by the end of IPL. The result will finally come out positive in the T20 World Cup for Australia. All this money being invested so that Starc gets into the full T20 mode cum the T20 World Cup.
 
Ab Fan said:
So many million dollars wasted on Starc. He will perform poorly like this in the first half and then get into the correct T20 cricket rhythm by the end of IPL. The result will finally come out positive in the T20 World Cup for Australia. All this money being invested so that Starc gets into the full T20 mode cum the T20 World Cup.
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IPL is not about helping India win tournaments. Ofcourse iidentifying potential is a side benefit. Otherwise it is all about bringiing in star players all around the world and raking ni money. Starc was paid that much only for his star status. Nothing else. Still it is way too high compared to Bumrah who probably gets 10 crores less?
 
jnaveen1980 said:
IPL is not about helping India win tournaments. Ofcourse iidentifying potential is a side benefit. Otherwise it is all about bringiing in star players all around the world and raking ni money. Starc was paid that much only for his star status. Nothing else. Still it is way too high compared to Bumrah who probably gets 10 crores less?
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It is down to the franchises who unnecessarily wasted that many price to bid for Starc. It was plain ridiculous. Starc obviously came to IPL this year with a mindset that the T20 World Cup will be a few months later and he will find himself activated in the T20 mode by the end of IPL so he can simply go into IPL with no intensity and afford a few failures.

Ultimately, all the money being invested on Starc is mostly helping his personal cause and not his IPL team. It is not just KKR franchise fault but all those who bid over him beyond the 16-17 million $ mark.
 
Ab Fan said:
It is down to the franchises who unnecessarily wasted that many price to bid for Starc. It was plain ridiculous. Starc obviously came to IPL this year with a mindset that the T20 World Cup will be a few months later and he will find himself activated in the T20 mode by the end of IPL so he can simply go into IPL with no intensity and afford a few failures.

Ultimately, all the money being invested on Starc is mostly helping his personal cause and not his IPL team. It is not just KKR franchise fault but all those who bid over him beyond the 16-17 million $ mark.
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We have seen th is horse race before. Lucky guy who gets called at the right time reaps the benefit. We have seen Jayadev going for 12 crores
 
THere is an interesting coincidence. Last time Narine played this well as opener for KKR was when Gambhir was the captain. Then he saw a slump after he left. Now Gambhir is back as coach. Once again Narine is firing on all cylinders :) Not sure what Gambhir does. Narine is on a roll again
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Not sure what Gambhir does. Narine is on a roll again
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Narine will fail against all quality pacers.Bhuvi used to dismiss him quite easily by bowling bouncers.yesterday also he got dismissed playing the bouncer.He is good against spinners for sure in pp.I think data analysts will jump in and tactics will be interesting against him.
 
From mystery spinner to a genuine pinch hitter, many shades of Narine proper IPL legend
 
Narine has been a good choice for KKR to open. He is a hit of miss type of guy because if he fires up, You will see 30 balls 70-80 runs like he scored last night or else you will not see him wasting many balls before he gets out. Simple and logical approach for a T20 format.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Narine will fail against all quality pacers.Bhuvi used to dismiss him quite easily by bowling bouncers.yesterday also he got dismissed playing the bouncer.He is good against spinners for sure in pp.I think data analysts will jump in and tactics will be interesting against him.
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Before we dismiss him, what did our great Jadeja do against similar bowling? Could he hit anywhere close to him? HE smashed all the pacers too given that he opens the batting. WHen it is in the slot he belts any bowler. WHat did Kohli do in the power play. Nothing.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
HE smashed all the pacers too given that he opens the batting. WHen it is in the slot he belts any bowler. WHat did Kohli do in the power play. Nothing.
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Leaving out others,Narine is a high risk stock.You should be good if u have insurance upfront rather than hoping to reap benefits at the end.Any how narine is not interested in intnl matches to compare him with anyone.
 
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke discussed KKR's decision to send Sunil Narine as an opener during a live program on a local Indian sports channel:

“Look, the thing is, KKR's batting is so deep that you can afford to take that risk with Narine. So I think it's a smart decision. I think the way he plays is maximum risk, so you have to accept that it's not always going to come off as often as you'd like, or as often as a specialist batters can do. But I think he has done it before, he has done it successfully, and he strikes the ball as clean as anyone, so I think it's a smart decision, I think it suits their batting line up and I think you'll see him there throughout the IPL."
 
FearlessRoar said:
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke discussed KKR's decision to send Sunil Narine as an opener during a live program on a local Indian sports channel:

“Look, the thing is, KKR's batting is so deep that you can afford to take that risk with Narine. So I think it's a smart decision. I think the way he plays is maximum risk, so you have to accept that it's not always going to come off as often as you'd like, or as often as a specialist batters can do. But I think he has done it before, he has done it successfully, and he strikes the ball as clean as anyone, so I think it's a smart decision, I think it suits their batting line up and I think you'll see him there throughout the IPL."
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They are totally aware of that risk. That is why Gambhir brought him back as opener. He deinitely has some hittng qualities. For someone who doesn't exactly look like a muscle men Gayle, Charles, Salt he has combination of timing and incredible bat swing. It is a risk free gamble when your lead bowler is giving free runs at good clip.
 
When guys like Narine do well as openers, it only proves the point that league T20 cricket is garbage cricket.
 
Another fifty by Narine, this time against RR. He is improving as a batter day by day.
 
gazza619 said:
When guys like Narine do well as openers, it only proves the point that league T20 cricket is garbage cricket.
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It works both ways.

When players like Rizwan are scoring a thousand T20i runs in a year, it means International cricket is dying.
 
Criminally underutilized by WI all these years. Narine the T20I opener + the bowler would have been a player worth his weight in gold in this format in his peak.
 
gazza619 said:
When guys like Narine do well as openers, it only proves the point that league T20 cricket is garbage cricket.
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Afridi was legendary as an opener too in ODI, it’s risk reward ratio and doesn’t suit every team depends upon strategies.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
nah kar lol, Narine scoring a century in the IPL.

This just makes the IPL look bad in so many ways.
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Not really it has players from all over the world, if anything teams will be looking at strategy for North American competition with drop in pitches.
 
JaDed said:
Not really it has players from all over the world, if anything teams will be looking at strategy for North American competition with drop in pitches.
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IPL is meant to be the pinnacle.

Narine has played in over 300+ games in all formats, and he scores his first 100 in the top league.

It would be the equivalent of Thiago Silva scoring a hat-trick for Chelsea in the premier league. 😆
 
This Narain guy is clearly chucking. Suddenly, some balls he's throwing with speed. I wonder how BCCI is allowing him to bowl in the IPL. ICC should take action against him.
 
Mamoon said:
Criminally underutilized by WI all these years. Narine the T20I opener + the bowler would have been a player worth his weight in gold in this format in his peak.
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The WI selectors have tried calling Narine up in recent years but he's repeatedly turned them down. Partly due to concerns over his action.

Rovman Powell is trying to convince him to come out of retirement for this home World Cup so let's see.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Says about quality of bowling in IPL, but also maybe more so about the flat wickets.
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Boult probably one of the best in the world. Ashwin, Chahal both are world class bowlers. Gambhir knows how get the best out of Narine. Narine clicked in only 3 seasons. In all 3 seasons Gambhir played a role. When Gambhir was not with KKR he was a flop as opener.
 
Mamoon said:
Criminally underutilized by WI all these years. Narine the T20I opener + the bowler would have been a player worth his weight in gold in this format in his peak.
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I guess you calling out chuckers only applies to the players you like.
 
Narine is smashing centuries in IPL? Is this the low-quality bowling in IPL or is it the fact that Narine is too good for them?
 
IPL heroics sees veteran all-rounder in West Indies sights for T20 World Cup

The West Indies are not giving up hope on Sunil Narine reversing his retirement decision and featuring at this year's T20 World Cup.

West Indies T20I captain Rovman Powell has revealed he is trying to coax in-form all-rounder Sunil Narine out of retirement to play for the Caribbean side at June's ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Narine has been one of the surprise packets of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) seasons and the 35-year-old showed his class with a superb century for the Kolkata Knight Riders in their loss to the Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.

It catapulted Narine into third place on the leading run-scorers at the IPL this year and gave a timely reminder to West Indies' selectors of just how damaging the hard-hitting left-hander can be at the top of the order.

The issue is Narine hasn't played an international match since August 2019 and officially announced his retirement in November last year, leaving little hope that the talented all-rounder will feature at the 20-over showcase this year that the West Indies will co-host with the USA.

But Powell - who captains the West Indies' T20I side and was in the Rajasthan Royals side that saw Narine's superb innings of 109 from close range - suggested there may still be some chance the veteran will play at this year's T20 World Cup.

"For the last 12 months, I've been whispering in his (Narine's) ears, but he's blocked out everyone," Powell said.

"I've asked (Kieron) Pollard, (Dwayne) Bravo and (Nicholas) Pooran. Hopefully, before they select the team, they can crack his code."

Narine said earlier in the IPL that he would likely be watching the T20 World Cup from home, but he hinted at a potential U-turn post-match when asked if he would reconsider his retirement decision.

"It is what it is, but let's see what the future holds," Narine said.

Narine has played a total of 51 T20I for the West Indies and played a major role in helping the Caribbean side to success at the fourth edition of the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2012.

ICC
 
BouncerGuy said:
Narine is smashing centuries in IPL? Is this the low-quality bowling in IPL or is it the fact that Narine is too good for them?
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You do not send someone to open because it is "low quality". Same team has world no.1 PHil salt who is overshadowed by Narine comfortably. Narine was promoted long back by Gambhir as captain. NObody thought about that. He clicked instantly. Then they tried after Gambhir left i believe. Didn't work. Massive flop as opener as bowlers were able to bowl to a plan. Now Gambhir again back to KKR this time as coach. Now again he promoted him. You cannot hit 90 meter six against 145 k deliveries because bowling is poor. He has some talent that was not utilized well by others.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
You do not send someone to open because it is "low quality". Same team has world no.1 PHil salt who is overshadowed by Narine comfortably. Narine was promoted long back by Gambhir as captain. NObody thought about that. He clicked instantly. Then they tried after Gambhir left i believe. Didn't work. Massive flop as opener as bowlers were able to bowl to a plan. Now Gambhir again back to KKR this time as coach. Now again he promoted him. You cannot hit 90 meter six against 145 k deliveries because bowling is poor. He has some talent that was not utilized well by others.
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So It was all Narine. Narine has somehow managed to be a smasher. He is smashing some of the best ones out there.
 
BouncerGuy said:
So It was all Narine. Narine has somehow managed to be a smasher. He is smashing some of the best ones out there.
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He is able to maximize his talent because of the mindset and freedom. His wicket is a bonus wicket. He can get out first ball. Nobody cares. That is the attitude you won't see among specialist batsmen. Their first instinct is to play percentage cricket upfront. He doesn't have that mindset. He also has a tremendous bat swing. I don't think even established T20 specialists don't hit like that. He is not even a muscle man like other West Indian beasts. Just clean ball striking by clearing the front leg. Pinch hitter is not an alien concept. We have seen from Jayasuriya, Kaluwitharana even in ODIs where we have a lot more overs. Gambhir is merely using him as a pinch hitter. Pinch hitting is highly effective if you have the right resource in T20. MS Dhoni used Yusuf pathan against pakistan 2007 final as a pinch hitting opener. He hit Asif for a six and four.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I guess you calling out chuckers only applies to the players you like.
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He chucked, got banned, worked on his action, came back and hasn’t been reported again. Why will I have a problem with that?

I do have a problem with the likes of Ajmal who never recovered and showed that they were completely useless without chucking.
 
Markhor said:
The WI selectors have tried calling Narine up in recent years but he's repeatedly turned them down. Partly due to concerns over his action.

Rovman Powell is trying to convince him to come out of retirement for this home World Cup so let's see.
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I don’t understand this begging culture. It seems like West Indies are taking a leaf out of Pakistan’s book.

One attempt at convincing a player to come back should be sufficient and if they say no and change their mind later, the onus is on them to knock on your door because you have done your part.

Narine could have been used as an opener by WI while he was still playing for them because KKR had already successfully experimented with him, but he hasn’t been available for WI since 2019 and his chapter should be closed now.
 
Mamoon said:
He chucked, got banned, worked on his action, came back and hasn’t been reported again. Why will I have a problem with that?

I do have a problem with the likes of Ajmal who never recovered and showed that they were completely useless without chucking.
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Because he's still chucking? Just because he hasn't been banned doesn't mean he isn't chucking. It is interesting though how you completely bury people like Ajmal and Murali. But got no problem with someone like Narine
 
I have hardly seen him putting in that much effort for the West Indies but KKR is lucky enough to get the most out of him.
 
Sunil Narine networth is around 16 million USD. With KKR team for the last 10 years. He is not going to play for Windies for pittance. If he no motivation nobody can force him. I have heard so many of his friends like Bravo have persuaded him. He is not willing
 
Markhor said:
The WI selectors have tried calling Narine up in recent years but he's repeatedly turned them down. Partly due to concerns over his action.

Rovman Powell is trying to convince him to come out of retirement for this home World Cup so let's see.
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Would be completely unfair to guys who have actually played for West Indies over the past years. Akeal is a better , clean action spinner .

And he shouldn't make it as an opener over Brandon King, Johnson Charles or even Kyle Mayers.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Would be completely unfair to guys who have actually played for West Indies over the past years. Akeal is a better , clean action spinner .

And he shouldn't make it as an opener over Brandon King, Johnson Charles or even Kyle Mayers.
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Akeal will find his spot for sure. Narine however is still in doubt. He might not be confident about his action so that is why he is hesitant to make a comeback.
 
Sunil Narine releases a statement to end speculation he could come out of international retirement for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

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Cricket Warrior said:
Sunil Narine releases a statement to end speculation he could come out of international retirement for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

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Only PCB can help west indies in this matter and can convince Narine to take his retirement back. Reputation is there for PCB, just need a chance.
 
Narine doesn't want to come out of retirement even for a home World Cup. Time for WI to move on and back players who actually want to wear the maroon.
 
Never seen a player become this attacking at the end of their career, not even in football where strikers and midfielder nearing end go defensive like Rooney from forward to midfielder so is Scholes, Alonso Mascherano from midfielder to defenders
 
Another fifty plus score for Narine, he made 71(32) today against PBKS in a match in IPL while playing for KKR.
 
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