T20 World Cup 2024: IPL 2024 has become the path to T20 World Cup for many cricketers. Be it Shivam Dubey or Will Jacques. There are many cricketers who have made their place in the national team announced for the T20 World Cup by performing brilliantly in the IPL. But can you believe that the best player of IPL 2024 will not be in the T20 World Cup. A cricketer who has scored more than 400 runs and taken more than 14 wickets in IPL. He will be seen among the audience but not in the dressing room.
Sunil Narine is at third place in the Orange Cap list of IPL
We are talking about Sunil Narine who is third in the Orange Cap list of IPL and sixth in the Purple Cap list. Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Sunil Narine has scored 461 runs in this T20 league at an average of 41.90 and strike rate of 183.66. This also includes a century. He has taken 14 wickets and only 5 bowlers have taken more wickets than him, he will not be seen in the West Indies team.
Captain persuaded but was not ready
West Indies captain Rovman Powell tried hard to convince Sunil Narine but he did not agree. Powell has said in public statements that he wants Narine to be a part of the West Indies’ World Cup squad. Powell has also conveyed his views to Narine through many veterans including Kieron Pollard. But Narine has made it clear that I have retired after thinking very carefully and now he will not inherit international cricket. Sunil Narine announced his retirement in November 2023.
34-year-old Sunil Narine has played 6 Tests, 65 ODIs and 51 T20 matches for West Indies. He last played T20 International match in 2019. Since then he never played for West Indies. However, Sunil is playing continuously in all the T20 leagues of the world including IPL. He has played 509 T20 matches so far. In these matches he has taken 549 wickets and scored 4195 runs.
