Sunil Narine is a Trinidadian cricketer. He plays for the West Indies in the internationals. Sunil Narine is known to be mystery bowler due to the variations that he has with his off-break.
Here’s the list to know about Sunil Narine:
1. Named After A Legend: Sunil Narine’s father named him after the legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar.
2. ODI Debut: Sunil Narine made his One Day Internationals (ODI) debut in the year 2011, against India. Sunil Narine’s first international wicket was Virat Kohli.
3. List A Debut: In the same year, Sunil Narine made his List A debut for Trinidad and Tobago. He became the leading wicket-taker with 15 wickets to his name in the tournament.
4. Maiden Over: Sunil Narine is the only bowler to have bowled a maiden in the Super over of a T20 match.
5. Player of the Tournament: Sunil Narine was awarded with the ‘Player of the tournament’ award in the IPL 2012 tournament. Sunil Narine took 24 wickets in the tournament.
6. ICC T20 Rankings: On 8 March 2014, he became the ICC Twenty20 No.1 bowler with 784 points.
7. Bowling Actions: Sunil Narine in 2015, was suspended from bowling in the Internationals due to a suspect bowling action.
8. Major Teams: Sunil Narine has played for many major teams like West Indies, Barisal Burners, Cape Cobras, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders, Trinidad and Tobago.
