Another day and another best performance article about a great cricketer and this just shows the number of great players from each nation that have had played the game and how fortunate I have been to write about the incredible performances of hundreds of players till now and this will continue for a long time. Today we will be talking about a player who is a legend in T20IS and the league format but he has had some incredible performances in test and ODI cricket as well.
Sunil Narine has been playing cricket for 11 years and since 2011 he has taken a lot of wickets. He only played 6 Test Matches for West Indies and in those he has taken 21 Wickets with 2 Five wicket hauls and at an average of 40.52. He has also played 65 ODIs and has got 92 ODI wickets and has 2 Five wicket hauls in ODIs as well with an average of 24.35. He has also played 51 T20IS for West Indies and he has 52 wickets with 1 Four wicket haul. Let’s look at his Top 5 Best Performances.
5/132 and 3/91 vs New Zealand (2012)
This was only his second test match and he won this match for West Indies vs New Zealand. In the first innings he bowled for 43 overs and gave away 132 runs and also got his first 5 wicket haul in test cricket. He got all the important Wickets In this innings and he showed that he is a good test match bowler as well. Then in the 3rd innings he again Bowled for 42 overs and took 3 wickets for 91 runs so in a total of 85 overs in the match he got 8 wickets. He was one of the main reasons West Indies won this match.
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6/91 vs New Zealand (2013)
This was the last test match that Sunil Narine played for West Indies and in this match he got another 5 wicket haul vs New Zealand but this time away from home. He loved bowling vs New Zealand and in the first batting innings for New Zealand he was the strike bowler for West Indies and he bowled for 42.3 overs and took 6 wickets for 91 runs. Even though West Indies lost this match Sunil Narine got the perfect farewell from test cricket.
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4/27 vs Australia (2012)
This was one of the most important international Performances in the career of Sunil Narine because it came against the world class Australia team and he was the main reason West Indies won that match. Australia batted first and Sunil Narine bowled 8 overs for just 27 runs and picked up 4 wickets and this helped West Indies to win the match by 5 wickets. This performance against a top class team helped him get lots of recognition from his home fans as well as from other nations.
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6/27 vs South Africa (2016)
This was the second 5 wicket haul for Sunil Narine in ODIs and this time the opponents were South Africa and South Africa were batting first and Sunil Narine absolutely destroyed the South Africa batting line-up and took 6 wickets for only 27 Runs in 9.5 overs and South Africa were bowled out for 188 and West Indies won that match by 4 wickets. His performances against different opponents and doing so well earned him a big name.
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5/27 vs New Zealand (2012)
The 5th performance in this list is against his favorite opponents yet again New Zealand and in this match he got his first ODI 5 wickets haul. New Zealand were chasing a score of 242 to win in this match and Sunil Narine made this Chase extremely difficult for them and he got 5 Wickets for 27 runs in 10 overs and it looks like he likes giving away only 27 runs, no more or less when he takes a 5 wicket haul. This performance was the start of a promising career in White ball cricket for Sunil Narine.
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