IPL 2022: No different place I’d prefer to be than Kolkata Knight Riders, says Sunil Narine

West Indies mastery spinner Sunil Narine was among the many 4 gamers retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2022 season. Sunil Narine has been an integral a part of Kolkata Knight Riders since becoming a member of the IPL franchise in 2012 (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSunil Narine is KKR’s most profitable bowler with 143 wickets from 134 video gamesThe 33-year-old thriller spinner was retained for Rs 6 crore by KKR for IPL 2022KKR have additionally retained Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 8 crore) and Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 8 crore)Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) thriller spinner Sunil Narine expressed his gratitude for the Indian Premier League franchise which retained the West Indies famous person forward of the IPL 2022 mega-auction.

Sunil Narine, who made his IPL debut with KKR in 2012, was retained for Rs 6 crore together with fellow West Indian Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), younger Indian opener Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 8 crore) and thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 8 crore) for the 2022 season.Narine is KKR’s most profitable bowler with 143 wickets from 134 video games and is the seventh-most profitable bowler within the league’s historical past.IPL 2022: FULL LIST OF RETAINED PLAYERSHe performed an integral half in KKR’s title-winning runs in 2012 and 2014 beneath Gautam Gambhir and was additionally instrumental of their marketing campaign final yr with 16 wickets because the workforce completed runners-up to Chennai Super Kings within the UAE.Elaborating on bond with the Knight Riders, Narine referred to as the workforce his “second home” and hopes to proceed bringing laurels for the two-time champions.“There’s no other place I’d like to be than KKR because I have played all my cricket here.“I would love to continue representing the franchise It’s a home away from home, my second home. So, I hope it can continue,” Narine has stated in a brief movie “The Comeback King” that was launched on Thursday.Narine additionally opened up on the controversy surrounding his bowling motion, for which he was reported first within the 2014 Champions League T20 after which once more in IPL 2015 and 2020. The 33-year-old has needed to change his motion a number of occasions, because of this.“It (being called for illegal bowling action in 2020) was tough! But at the end of the day, cricket was never easy for me. I had to work for everything I have. So, it was just like another stepping stone where I had to dig deep, work hard and come out on top,” Narine stated.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.