Narine: It’s up to the WICB, if they wish to reconsider their position

Sunil Narine couldn’t have been more candid, while speaking to The Telegraph around 3.30 am on Monday, in the midst of checking-out at the ITC Gardenia.

Narine, caught up in a row with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) over his availability for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand, later took a British Airways flight for London, en route to Port of Spain.

“I had a job to do at the Kolkata Knight Riders and I love playing for the West Indies… After a night’s stay in London, I’ll be home on Tuesday…

“It’s up to the WICB, if they wish to reconsider their position… I’ll be at home,” Narine, again one of the supermen for the Knights, added.

Narine had to report at a preparatory camp, in Barbados, by Sunday. The deadline coincided with the IPL VII final.

As the camp ends on Tuesday, Narine isn’t going to Barbados.

The three-Test series, by the way, is still almost a week away.

Reflecting on the Knights’ second success in the IPL (in three years), Narine said: “It’s unbelievable… I don’t think it has sunk in as yet.”

As Narine was leaving, captain Gautam Gambhir came to wish “a safe journey home.” Perhaps, Gambhir could have presented a bouquet as well to his No.1 bowler. Right through, after all, he’d been brilliant.

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