IPL History: Three overseas players whose careers blossomed after playing the league

Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine
Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine

#2 Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine
Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine made his debut in the first-class cricket debuting for Trinidad and Tobago in February 2009, which did not go as well as expected from him.

In 2011, during the Caribbean Twenty20 competition, Narine played his first T20. Narine then shone in the Champions League T20, where he became the all-time leading wicket-taker in its short history with 39 scalps.

The right arm off-break bowler made his IPL debut in the 2012 IPL season for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Narine has always remained a vital force in the KKR with both bat and ball.

The West Indies all-rounder has played a total of 108 matches and has scalped 122 wickets with an elegant economy of 6.66. With the bat, Narine has scored 771 runs with an average of 17.52 with a high score of 75. He has carried the IPL performance for West Indies too. He has taken 50 T20 wickets for the national side.

Narine also took 92 wickets in just 65 ODIs for West Indies cricket, However, he is no longer a regular member in the national side and has been omitted from the World Cup squad.

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