IPL 2024: Zaheer Khan Hails Sunil Narine’s Batting Form as ‘Luxury’ and ‘Double Bonus’ for KKR

Zaheer Khan feels Sunil Narine’s form with the bat is a ‘luxury and double bonus’ for KKR after he scored his maiden IPL century against RR. Narine scored his century in just 49 balls as KKR chased down 223, but fell short in the end. However, Narine has continued his resurgence as a batsman for KKR after being promoted up the order before the start of the season. Narine is in the mix for the Orange Cap as he has scored 276 runs and is third on the list behind Virat Kohli and Ryan Parag. Speaking on tv, Zaheer said that Narine’s form has been an incredible turnaround for KKR. The former India pacer said he was thinking in the commentary box what KKR would have done if they had failed the Narine experiment.

Zaheer now feels that Narine’s form is something that KKR will be happy with going into the tournament.

“And what a turnaround it has been for KKR. We were just talking on the commentary, that if it hadn’t gone well, then at what point KKR could have made that shift. But this is a luxury for them. Like this. is. Double bonus, uh, that will make them very happy,” Zaheer said.

What is the reason behind Narine’s success as an opener?
Narine credited his success as an opener to Gautam Gambhir, who returned to KKR as a mentor. Narine said Gambhir has given him the confidence to perform well as an opener after being away from the top for a long time. “I think it must have been a joke because I didn’t open the batting for a few years. I did in the past but didn’t believe it. With GG coming back, he gave me confidence and assurance that I would do well. I had to give the team a good start, We have to try to use the pitch to take wickets and restrict the total to as low as possible,” Narine said.