IPL 2015: As Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians beat Sunil Narine passed over in silence its first test
It was a rocky beginning. Sunil Narine shook to the crease with that slow roasted prior period thereof, cradled the ball on the fingers of both hands, raised his right hand above his head and brought down a volley that Rohit Sharma slapped the limit.
It was the first ball had rolled Narine after his action remodeled cleared by the ICC and BCCI. He arrived opposite the gardens of Eden packaged in the opening match of the IPL 2015 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. If he had not been nervous, you’d have to try Narine of foreign genes.
But with each passing delivery, Narine found his feet. There was not much turn to be had, but found that the average length that kept him hitters load or recut and throw. Even Corey Anderson called on the pads with a broken leg, but the ball is going to lose leg stump.
The only problem I had was remarkable with his fastball. The arm came round clearly much faster and the ball thrown only halfway out the window. Rohit could not find the hole in the field, however, and Narine’s first over cost just five runs.
The second was similar to the first. The only blemish was the fastest delivery, which again midfield found. This time, Rohit found the hollow behind the point backward.
Third over Narine was quiet. Just four singles from it. Neither Anderson nor Rohit were sure to carry it forward. They had not seen the new version of Narine either and its past reputation earned him a break.
The outcome between Rohit and Narine Narine end came about – 17 entries. Rohit took a single to deep midwicket from the first ball; Anderson one long out of the second. You feel that something had to give. These were the acquisitions of death and Mumbai Indians had wickets in hand.
Rohit came down the runway like a raging bull. Narine was the torero dance. The ball fell and turned. Rohit wild Tala produced only a nick. It appeared for a moment that there would be no difference between the new and the old Narine one.
However, Robin Uthappa behind the stumps had not read the script. The ball echoed off his gloves and away from him. Not only has fallen capture, the blurring is also lost. Rohit, who thought he was stuck halfway out the window, was safe.
The next ball was swept powerfully to the square leg boundary for four. Narine returned to their brand and feel the moment was lost. His penultimate delivery was not as complete as above and Rohit swept back and the ball flew high and into the crowd. One of the last ball made 13 since last more than Narine. His previous three had gone to 15.
Performance Narine not play a decisive role in the game. Although unbeaten 98, Rohit Sharma defending champions KKR made short work of all Mumbai Indians’ 168. Gautam Gambhir set the chase with a jovial 57 of 43 balls before Suryakumar Yadav hammered 46 of 20 balls to carry your home team with 9 ball to spare.
So Narine Narine same? The unsatisfactory answer is it was too small for conclusive statements shows. Narine seemed to have lost some zip, both through the air and off the field, but the changes were there and the fastest ball side, he had control of his line and length. And their speed could return as it grows more comfortable with his new action.
In addition, this release Eden Gardens was different from what we saw last year. There were more grass, more rebound least turn, so spinners were not as effective.
It will take a few games to discover if this is enough for him to keep tormenting hitters in the way they used to, but it would be fair to say Narine passed the opening test.