‘He was forward of his time’: Kuldeep Yadav names ex-IPL teammate in identical class as Jasprit Bumrah
Mar 30, 2025 06:29 PM IST
Kuldeep Yadav in contrast a former Indian Premier League teammate to MI pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
Since his arrival in 2012, Sunil Narine has been a key cog within the Kolkata Knight Riders taking part in XI and is just about undroppable. The Trinidad-born spinner has additionally established himself as a power-hitting batter, opening for KKR. Narine is the sixth-highest wicket-taker in IPL historical past with 181 wickets together with seven four-wicket hauls and likewise a fifer.
He has additionally been the chief architect in three of KKR’s IPL title-winning seasons in 2012, 2014 and 2024.
‘He was forward of his time’: Kuldeep Yadav
Talking on JioHotstar, India’s Kuldeep Yadav hailed the affect of Narine and put him in the identical class as Jasprit Bumrah.
“The IPL may be very robust for bowlers—it’s extremely aggressive. You could decide up wickets, however you may’t all the time count on to take care of an financial system of simply 6 or 7 runs per over. It’s a difficult format with high-quality gamers. As a bowler, you should purpose to dominate,” he mentioned.
“Gamers like Jasprit Bumrah and Sunil Narine have achieved that constantly. I discovered rather a lot from Sunil Narine after I was with KKR—he was forward of his time. He all the time emphasised the significance of bowling size. Again then, I believed I might rely solely on my expertise, however now I realise he was completely proper. Since getting back from damage, I’ve targeted rather a lot on my size, and that has made a big distinction,” he added.
Narine missed KKR’s earlier vs RR as he was reportedly unwell. He has resumed coaching and is predicted to be again within the taking part in XI of their upcoming match vs MI. He educated with the remainder of the squad on Sunday, and was additionally a part of a soccer recreation, earlier than bowling within the nets with Varun Chakaravarthy. KKR head coach Chandrakant Pandit additionally revealed that Narine is match and has begun coaching.
Towards RR, Narine was changed by Moeen Ali. The England cricketer revealed after the match, “ received informed this morning that Sunny [Narine] was not properly and to simply be prepared every time. Clearly, exhausting to exchange Sunny however I felt like I did a pleasant job of it.”
