Sunil Narine retires from international cricket

Mystery spinner Sunil Narine on Sunday (November 5) announced his retirement from international cricket.

The 35-year-old played 6 Tests, 65 ODIs and 51 T20Is and was part of the T20 World Cup-winning West Indies side in 2012.

The T20 globetrotter last played for the senior national team in 2019 in T20I cricket. His last Test was in 2013 while he had not played an ODI after 2016.

Narine, who has been a globetrotter in T20 cricket in the recent past, added that he would continue playing the shorter formats of the game in franchise-based leagues across the globe.

“I appreciate it has been over 4 years since I last played for West Indies but today I am announcing my retirement from International cricket,” the veteran Kolkata Knight Riders spinner said in an Instagram post.

“.. I would like to acknowledge and thank Cricket West Indies, the coaching staff, passionate West Indies fans and of course my teammates who enabled me play at the highest level, in all formats and with some memorable successes.

“I am also taking this opportunity to bow out of domestic 50 over cricket. I love representing Trinidad & Tobago, the country of my birth, and to add another title by winning this current Super50 Cup will be the perfect send off,” he added.

“Needless to say, outside of this, it will continue to be business as usual for me in the franchise world for the foreseeable future,” he added.

Narine’s record for the West Indies in international cricket is impressive. He took 92 wickets in 65 ODI matches and 48 wickets in 47 T20 International matches. In addition, he played six Test matches, taking 21 wickets with best figures of 6-91. These statistics underscore Narine’s significant impact on the West Indies team and his crucial role in their successes over the years.

However, Narine’s career was not without controversy. His bowling action was reported multiple times. Notably, he had missed West Indies’s victorious campaign in T20 World Cup in 2016 and the 2015 World Cup as he was working on remodeling his bowling action, which was first reported in the Champions League T20 in 2014._Agencies