Xtra Time Web Desk: Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared by the IPL’s Suspect Bowling Action Committee. It comes as a huge boost for the Knight Riders as the mystery spinner will now be in a better frame of mind while bowling, starting with the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad (if he is selected in the playing XI) on Sunday at Abu Dhabi. Narine was reported for bowling with a Suspected Illegal Bowling Action during his team’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 match against Kings XI Punjab at Abu Dhabi on October 10. Following the report, the Trinidadian bowler was placed on the IPL Warning List.
After the franchisee’s request for an Official Assessment of Narine’s action from the IPL Suspect Bowling Action Committee, submitting action footage in slow motion with back and side angles. The Committee carefully reviewed all the deliveries of action footage sent of 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 Committee also noted that Narine should reproduce the same action going forward in the IPL 2020 matches as presented to the Committee in the video footage.
Narine has now been removed from the IPL Suspect Action Warning List.