In announcing the removal of the name of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinner Sunil Narine from the warning list of suspicious bowling actions for this edition of the Indian Premier League, the BCCI said the spinner should stay true to the action being taken. submitted for an official evaluation. .
While it is not known if he has been asked to wear half sleeves, a rarity with roulette over the years, the BCCI said that Narine “should reproduce the same action in the future that was presented to the committee (Action Committee Bowling Suspects of IPL) in the video footage ”.
Narine returned to the field against Delhi Capitals on Saturday with a reworked action, but the zipper was missing as he looked to create an impact with the ball. The same was the case on Monday against Kings XI Punjab. In the two games since his return, Narine has gone 0/37 and 0/27 against DC and KXIP respectively.
Even when KXIP spinner Murugan Ashwin spoke about the ball’s turn in Monday’s game between KXIP and KKR, during his talk with the host announcers during the mid-inning break, Chris Gayle mentioned that he took advantage of that Narine failed to turn when the batter hit a win. 51 of only 29 balls.
When asked if the BCCI can really keep track of whether Narine is replaying the same action from which he submitted the footage for approval, a board official familiar with it responded positively.
“BCCI has the ability to record images directly from Hawkeye (the company that provides ‘rotating vision’ cameras) if you want to verify any bowling action,” the official told ANI.
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Narine has struggled with her action over the years. Known as one of the most wanted T20 players in the world, Narine also carries the unwanted tag of being called into suspicious action in almost every league he has played in.
Narine was reported for bowling with an alleged illegal bowling action during KKR’s match against Punjab on October 10 in Abu Dhabi.
The IPL statement read: “The report was made by the umpires on the field in accordance with the IPL Illegal Bowling Alleged Action Policy. Narine will be included in the warning list and will be allowed to continue bowling in the tournament. Another report will result in Narine’s suspension from bowling at the 2020 IPL until approved by BCCI’s Suspicious Bowling Action Committee. “
While KKR released a statement saying they were shocked by the incident, Narine worked closely with Englishman Carl Crowe to help rework his action and sent video recordings of the latest action for clarification by the IPL committee.
Interestingly, former BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry called for the use of artificial intelligence to help increase the game’s fairness quotient.
“The need of the hour is to explore the use of Artificial Intelligence in conjunction with the transmission of the transmission to know the angle of extension of the bowling arm in real time for each delivery. In addition to this, it is time to review the balance between the referees on the field and the third referee to ensure more consistency of accurate decisions. All this would improve the fairness quotient of the game, ”he said.
