Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) ranked talismanic cricketer Sunil Narine may not have managed to guide his franchise to victory against Delhi Capitals (DC) in an IPL match at the Brabourne Stadium on April 10, but West Indies certainly did. Proved that he was a different class in a team full of superstars.
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When it looked like Delhi Capitals was about to explode like a rocket and amass a huge total, Naren was put into service long ago, and the 33-year-old, who has made deception his mantra and his Has put pressure on the colleague, bowled wonderfully. It became difficult for players like Rishabh Pant and Australian David Warner to make him stand in the line.
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Narine bowled quicker and flatter, at times to pick up the wicket of Lalit Yadav in his last two overs, with the batsman’s back-of-a-length delivery hitting the middle stump.
He then dismissed Rovman Powell in his last over, when he bowled a full delivery over off-stump only for substitute fielder Rinku Singh to take a fine catch at fine leg.
It was only after his 14th and 16th overs and Umesh Yadav’s 17th over that Delhi Capitals’ run-rate dropped below 10-an-over for the first time in the innings and restricted them to 215/5, which was seen at one point in time. . To cross the 250 mark.
Narine has emerged as the most economical bowler in the season so far with an economy of 4.85. He has given the second shortest boundaries – seven (five fours and two sixes) – for any bowler to bowl a minimum of 15 overs this season.
According to kkr.in, his ratio of balls per boundary – 17.1 – is second only to Delhi’s Mustafizur Rahman’s 18. His figures so far have read 0/15, 1/12, 1/23, 0/26 and 2/21. In a team comprising the likes of Umesh Yadav, Andre Russell and Pat Cummins, Naren has shunned the limelight by doing his work in a calm and calculative manner.
His approach has been steady when rival teams are at 138 or 215/5. Against DC on April 10, when every other KKR bowler was rendered ineffective – except Andre Russell 1/16 in two overs – with the Delhi franchise’s score exceeding 10-an-over, Narine’s figures Read badly from 4-0-21-2 .
At a time when Prithvi Shaw and David Warner preferred boundary-hitting when bowling in the powerplays like Umesh Yadav, Rasikh Salaam and Pat Cummins – hitting eight boundaries and maximum runs in the first four overs itself and was scoring 76 per cent. KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer had no option but to start the spin in the fifth over itself.
Varun Chakravarthy’s over eight and Naren gave away 10 in the next over, the first time the two had bowled together in a power-play this season.
Iyer said on kkr.in, “It was definitely based on the start he got and Prithvi (Shaw) is someone who doesn’t really grow up against spinners, as I have played with him before.” Really good start, I wanted to restrict the pace that he built up in the beginning and I thought Varun and Sunil are both experienced bowlers, so they can stick to that and give us a really good hold . ,
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