Sunil Narine completes CPL transfer to Trinidad & Tobago
Narine, 27, first occupied the summit of the ICC rankings in 20-over cricket in March 2013 and has been a virtual ever-present at the summit of the bowler rankings ever since. In 34 T20 Internationals for the West Indies to date, he has captured 40 wickets at an impressive economy rate of 5.69.
An ICC World T20 winner in 2012, Narine has been named in the West Indies squad for the forthcoming ICC World T20 2016 in India next month.
The off-spinner will return to Trinidad & Tobago after three successful seasons with the Warriors.
Narine has also helped deliver a brace of IPL titles to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2012 (where he was the tournament’s Player of the Tournament after taking 24 wickets at a little under 5.50 runs per over) and again in 2014.
Reflecting on his time with Guyana and explaining the reasons behind his move, Narine said: “First I must say that I have really enjoyed my three years with Guyana. As a team we had been a little disappointed not to have won a CPL trophy in that time, which we really wanted to do and make Bobby (Ramroop) proud. But I am sure Guyana will look to take this opportunity to build a new team that will be a force to be reckoned with."
“Some things are out of my control, and I always said from the start when the CPL were appointing various icon players that if I wasn’t able to play for Trinidad then I would like to play for Guyana. So I have done my best and I hope Guyana recognise that," he said.
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