Hours before their game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, Kolkata Knight Riders was informed by the IPL that Sunil Narine’s action had been cleared and removed from the warning list
In a press release issued on Sunday, the IPL said Narine was « cleared » by the tournament suspects action committee The committee includes Rahul Dravid, ICC match referee Javagal Srinath, former ICC referee K Hariharan and BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal
« KKR has requested a formal assessment of M’s action Nostril to the IPL Action Committee Suspect Bowling, submitting slow motion action sequences with back and side angles, « the IPL statement reads. » The Committee has carefully reviewed all action sequence deliveries sent by M Nostril to the naked eye and came to the conclusion that the curvature of the elbow appears to be within the range of allowable limits »
Narine and Knight Riders had expressed surprise after the bowler was put on the IPL’s warning list immediately after playing a winning role in an exciting two-point win over Kings XI Punjab on October 10
Narine was pointed out by on-field referees Ulhas Gandhe and Chris Gaffaney, with the suspicious action occurring in the final end of the match, played by Narine, when Kings XI needed 14 points for the win The IPL did not specify for what type of delivery Narine however, ESPNcricinfo understands that the IPL referred to all four overs Narine faced against Kings XI in their official report
On October 10, the IPL had declared that the Narine was allowed to continue playing, but if he was reported again he would be suspended from bowling for the remainder of the IPL In what appeared to be a precautionary measure, the franchise rested Narine, who reportedly worked with his personal spin trainer Carl Crowe to rectify his action for the type of delivery that was reported.
Crowe and Narine have worked together since the offspinner was first reported in IPL in 2015 Incidentally, this was the second time that Narine’s action went under the scanner after being reported for action by suspicious bowling in the T20 Champions League in 2014 In 2015, Narine was temporarily banned from delivering offbreaks, but was subsequently cleared by one of ICC’s accredited test centers.
Busy reshaping his bowling action, Narine missed the West Indies selection for the 2015 Wold Cup and the 2016 World T20 Narine then missed his participation in the 2019 World Cup after claiming a finger injury in his bowling hand had not allowed him to play in the ODI Narine last played in the West Indies in the T20 home series against India in Guyana, last August
It is understood that one of the main reasons the Knight Riders were surprised after Narin’s shutdown this time was because Crowe was included in the franchise’s support staff specifically to work with Narine this time. season in United Arab Emirates
Although Narine is free to play bowling, the IPL noted that his action would be under the scanner « The Committee also noted that Mr. Narine is expected to replicate the same action in the future in the matches of the IPL 2020 as presented to the committee in the video footage M Nostril has now been removed from the IPL’s suspicious actions warning list, « the statement read.
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