Narine cleared to bowl, a sigh of relief for Windies
Sunil Narine
Sunil Narine

-As door for international selection remains open

Troubled West Indies mystery spinner, Sunil Narine, has been given the green light to resume bowling in the ongoing IPL, while further ensuring his international future remains in a safe place.
The all-rounder was recently cleared by a review panel for yet another time in his illustrious career after being called during one of KKR’s matches, for having a suspect bowling action.
On-field umpires, Ulhas Gandhe and Chris Gaffaney, called the off-spinner after he produced a delivery during the final over of the match which the Knight Riders eventually won by 2 runs.
Narine was then placed on the warning list after the Kings XI Punjab encounter. But in a breaking statement on Sunday, released by IPL, it was noted that the Windies spinner’s action was assessed by the tournament’s Suspect Bowling Action Committee (SBAC) which concluded that Narine was within the legal bowling limits.
“The Committee carefully reviewed all the deliveries of action footage sent of Mr. Narine with the naked eye and has come to the conclusion that the elbow-bend appears to be within the range of permissible limits,” the IPL statement said.

This news comes as a good sign for Narine, days after Cricket West Indies (CWI) head selector, Roger Harper, said during a press conference, that the board was in full support of the spinner and were carefully monitoring his situation.
“Sunil is an experienced cricketer, he is a world-class performer and he understands the challenges because he has done it in the past and we all know what Sunil can do. As we build-up to the T20 World Cup and Sunil is ready, available, and fully fit, he will be considered. You don’t do much analysis or assessment of Sunil Narine’s form or quality, we know what he is capable of.” Harper said last week.

Regarding the spinner’s possible selection in the future, especially with the proposed New Zealand tour which features 3 T20s set for next month being a good tour to get his legs back going internationally; Harper further said he will be kept on the radar.
“Once he’s available and everything is in order, we move forward and we will look at him and see whether he is available and ready to be drafted into the squad.”

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