IPL 2017: 5 reasons why Sunil Narine should be dropped by KKR

#1 The ‘mystery’ is missing

The X-factor is missing

With Sunil Narine, it was always about the mystery. The spinner would bowl every delivery with the exact same action and the batsman would never know what was going to happen until the very last moment by when it was too late.

Although primarily an off-spinner, Narine had mastered the art of turning the ball both ways without any discernible change in action. Along with the mystery, there was the pace and bounce that he extracted off the wicket and the many variations. He was virtually impossible to pick.

But then the ICC banned him for an illegal action. After going through several tests, Narine has been able to make a comeback to cricket. However, now, all his magic tricks are missing. Even though it has been some time since he made his comeback, Narine’s current bowling is bereft of that X-factor and this makes him look like any other average spinner.