http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 will be landing in Kolkata today to play entire IPL, reveals KKR Chief executive - Cricket News Update
The Kolkata Knight Riders officials have claimed that the West Indies' off-spinner Sunil Narine will be available to the franchise for the entire duration of the just to begin season five of the lucrative Indian Premier League,
starting in Chennai tomorrow, April 4, 2012.
The Kolkata Knight Riders' chief executive, Venky Mysore, told the media reporters on Tuesday that the West Indies off-spinner is free to play in the entire tournament and will be landing in Kolkata today, April 3, 2012.
The 23-year-old Trinidad spinner was bought by King Khan’s KKR for US dollars 700,000 in February’s player auction. His availability for the IPL franchise for the initial few games became doubtful after news emerged that West
Indies selectors might hand the off-spinner his maiden Test cap in the first Test of three-match series against Australia starting on April 7.
The player had been in negotiations with the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Cricket Board over the issue. However, the Windies coach Otis Gibson had admitted that stopping Narine would be of no use if his preference was to play in the IPL.
Narine does not have a WICB contract but his excellent performance against the formidable Australian batting line-up in the One-Dayers could have earned him a Test call. He was the leading wicket taker in the 2-2 drawn five
ODI series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 with 11 scalps in five games. But the Trinidad cricketer opted for the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament over the Test call-up.
The Trinidad offie first attracted international attention during last year’s Champions League T20 tournament in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. While playing for Trinidad and Tobago in the esteemed Twenty20 tournament, Narine troubled the opposition
batsmen with an assortment of off-breaks and 'knuckle balls'. The maximum runs leaked by the Caribbean spinner in any match was 26 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823. In the next match against the Chennai Super Kings, he returned with astounding figures of 3 for 8, claiming
prized wickets of CSK skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 .
To date he has played 18 Twenty20 matches and has 22 scalps in his name at an average of 14.63.
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