MUMBAI, India, CMC- West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been banned from bowling off breaks in any match organised by the BCCI, officials announced on Wednesday.
Narine’s ban, imposed after the BCCI suspect bowling action committee reviewed the evidence, also extends to matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Narine may continue to bowl his other deliveries – the knuckle ball and the quicker straight ball.
However if he uses the offbreak again in the ongoing IPL, he will be suspended from bowling in BCCI-organised matches, officials have said.
Narine is now expected to undergo corrective work on his action again after which he can request for another assessment by the BCCI committee.
He was reported again for a suspect action following Kolkata Knight Riders’ game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 22 in Visakhapatnam and went to the ICC-accredited Sri Ramachandra Arthroscopy and Sports Sciences Centre in Chennai for a biomechanical analysis of his bowling action.
The BCCI suspect bowling action committee concluded that Narine’s action for his offbreak was illegal.
Narine has since missed Knight Riders’ match against Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday as the franchise had decided to not risk playing the offspinner.
Twice he was reported during the Champions League T20 last year forcing him to skip West Indies’ tour.
