West Indies · All-Rounder

Sunil Narine Age, Career Stats, Records and IPL Team

Sunil Narine is a Trinidadian all-rounder whose right-arm off-break bowling and left-handed power hitting have shaped a long franchise career. Born in Arima on 26 May 1988, he was 38 when this profile was reviewed on 11 August 2026. His dated international record includes 92 ODI wickets and 21 Test wickets, while his domestic record contains 190 List A wickets. Narine retired from international cricket in 2023 but remained active across the Knight Riders network and other franchise competitions. Kolkata Knight Riders is his 2026 IPL team.

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Left-handedRight-arm off break bowlerBorn 26 May 1988

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Full nameSunil Philip Narine

Age38As of 11 August 2026

Date of birth26 May 1988Arima, Trinidad and Tobago

Batting styleLeft-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm off break

Career overview

Sunil Narine cricket career

Sunil Philip Narine was born in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, on 26 May 1988 and was 38 on 11 August 2026.

He bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off break, with an established all-round role in franchise T20 cricket.

The dated table records 92 ODI wickets, 21 Test wickets and 190 List A wickets.

He represented West Indies from 2011 to 2019 and announced his international retirement in 2023.

Kolkata Knight Riders remains his 2026 IPL team, alongside other current Knight Riders memberships.

Career story

Sunil Narine career and playing journey

Who is Sunil Narine?

Sunil Narine is a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer known first as a right-arm mystery spinner and later as a genuine franchise all-rounder. His career developed from regional cricket into West Indies internationals and then into sustained roles across major T20 leagues. The word mystery describes variation and difficulty of reading his deliveries; it should not replace the more precise classification of right-arm off break.

His Kolkata, Trinbago, Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles Knight Riders appearances, plus other club spells, are memberships of the same player rather than separate profiles. That identity rule lets a team page, fixture, scorecard or result link to one permanent URL while preserving the competition and season attached to each appearance.

Sunil Narine age and birthplace

Narine was born on 26 May 1988 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago. He was 38 on the visible review date of 11 August 2026. His full name is Sunil Philip Narine. The birth date is the stable biographical fact; the age is deliberately paired with a review date so it does not remain presented as current after another birthday.

Arima places his cricket story within Trinidad and Tobago's domestic pathway and the wider West Indies structure. The profile does not infer ethnicity, religion or private family information from birthplace. Those subjects require their own reliable evidence, while cricket identity is established through official teams, match records and the exact statistical page used for the dated snapshot.

Batting and bowling style

Narine bowls right-arm off break and bats left-handed. His early senior reputation rested mainly on spin, control and variations, but franchise teams later used him as an opener or attacking top-order option.

The dated international table shows a much stronger bowling than batting record: 92 ODI wickets compared with 363 runs, and 21 Test wickets compared with 40 runs. Franchise T20 batting developed after those international totals were largely complete. Career sections therefore separate his international aggregate from later IPL batting achievements instead of mixing unrelated competitions into one number.

Trinidad and Tobago pathway

Narine entered senior cricket through Trinidad and Tobago. Early domestic scorecards and regional competition records document his progress before he became a West Indies international. His limited first-class inventory is notable: the dated table lists only 13 matches, yet 65 wickets at 17.75, including eight five-wicket hauls and three ten-wicket match hauls.

That first-class sample should be read with its size attached. An 8 for 17 best and a low average demonstrate substantial impact in those matches, but 13 appearances do not support claims about a long red-ball career. His professional identity became much more closely associated with white-ball and franchise cricket, where he could combine economical spin with flexible batting.

West Indies ODI breakthrough

Narine made his ODI debut for West Indies against India at Ahmedabad on 5 December 2011. His international rise followed strong performances in Caribbean and Champions League cricket. Selection and performance are distinct facts: the debut establishes when his international record began, while the aggregate shows what he achieved across 65 ODIs.

The table dated 7 January 2024 lists 92 ODI wickets at 26.46, two five-wicket hauls and best figures of 6 for 27. It also lists 363 runs and a high score of 36. Those figures describe an international bowler who could contribute lower-order runs, not the opening batter role that viewers later saw regularly in franchise tournaments.

2012 World Twenty20 title

Narine was part of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. The title is a team honour and one of the central achievements of his international career. It belongs separately from individual awards because a tournament win reflects the work of a full squad across multiple matches.

The final against Sri Lanka completed West Indies' first global senior men's title since 1979. Narine's presence in the winning side supports describing him as a T20 world champion at team level. This profile avoids converting that label into an unsupported claim that he alone decided the competition or that every later franchise success followed from one tournament.

Test career and best bowling

Narine made his Test debut against England at Edgbaston on 7 June 2012 and played his last listed Test against New Zealand in December 2013. His six-Test record contains 21 wickets, two five-wicket innings hauls and best figures of 6 for 91. The small match count explains why his red-ball career is a supporting chapter rather than the centre of his profile.

His Test bowling average in the dated table is 40.25, while his first-class average is 17.75. The difference illustrates why formats and sample sizes must remain separate. Combining the two would create a misleading blended statistic. This profile keeps Test, first-class, ODI and List A cards distinct and labels the source date above every group.

Kolkata Knight Riders career

Kolkata Knight Riders signed Narine for the 2012 IPL season, beginning one of the competition's longest player-franchise associations. He contributed to KKR championship campaigns in 2012, 2014 and 2024. The official 2026 squad listing confirms that the relationship continued, so Kolkata Knight Riders is the current IPL team shown in the profile header.

A franchise career cannot be reduced to one skill. Narine first supplied high-impact spin through the powerplay and middle overs, then became a tactical opening batter. KKR's team pages and IPL records establish his membership and season performances. International tables are not used as substitutes for IPL totals, and a future squad change can update the current-team label without deleting his KKR history.

IPL Most Valuable Player awards

Narine has been recognised as the IPL's Most Valuable Player in 2012, 2018 and 2024. Each award belongs to a specific season and scoring context. The sequence is important because it shows impact across different phases of his career: an elite bowling arrival, an expanded batting role and a later all-round championship campaign.

The awards should not be presented as a universal ranking across all cricket. They are IPL season honours. KKR's 2024 title and Narine's individual award can be mentioned together while remaining separate achievements. One describes the team's tournament result; the other reflects his accumulated individual contribution under the competition's award system.

First T20 century in IPL 2024

Narine scored his first senior T20 century for Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens in April 2024. The innings confirmed that his promotion from lower-order hitter to opener had produced more than occasional cameos. It remains an individual innings record and does not alter the bowling figures in his dated international table.

A century is best understood through the specific scorecard and season rather than a vague claim that he became a specialist batter. KKR continued to value his bowling, and the 2024 MVP recognition reflected contributions in more than one discipline. The profile therefore uses all-rounder as the broad role while keeping his left-handed batting and off-spin fields explicit.

Bowling-action reviews and return

Narine's career included formal scrutiny of his bowling action in multiple competitions. Reports, suspensions and later clearances occurred at different times and under different testing processes. A responsible biography records that history without implying a permanent current restriction from an old report or treating every competition's procedure as identical.

The relevant outcome for a dated profile is that he continued playing professional cricket after technical work and assessment. Current availability must come from current competition or team records. Historical action reports explain interruptions in his career, but they do not justify a present-tense allegation when official 2026 squad and match records show him as an active player.

International retirement

Narine announced his retirement from international cricket in November 2023. His last listed West Indies appearance was a T20 international against India on 6 August 2019.

The distinction matters for automated updates. A Wikipedia refresh can preserve or correct the completed international snapshot, while team and competition sources can continue to add current franchise context. This profile does not label him an active West Indies international in 2026 and does not interpret franchise availability as evidence that he reversed the retirement announcement.

Knight Riders teams and other franchises

It also records Durban's Super Giants as a current club context. These memberships come from separate leagues and seasons, so they cannot be combined into a single undated team label.

A player appearing for related franchises still remains one person. Scorecards and results should link only when the full player name or match roster confirms the identity; a surname-only reference should stay unlinked if another Narine could plausibly appear.

Sunil Narine career statistics

It records 21 Test wickets, 92 ODI wickets, 65 first-class wickets and 190 List A wickets. Those are dated career totals rather than live counters and should be refreshed only against the exact Sunil Narine page.

The same snapshot lists best bowling of 6 for 91 in Tests, 6 for 27 in ODIs, 8 for 17 in first-class cricket and 6 for 9 in List A cricket. Batting totals are displayed where published. Empty innings or strike-rate fields are omitted from the rendered cards, preventing unavailable values from appearing as blanks or decorative dashes.

Sunil Narine salary, IPL price and net worth

Auction prices and retention amounts describe specific contracts; they do not equal a player's annual take-home income or lifetime wealth. Narine's long KKR tenure is publicly documented, but This profile did not find an audited personal financial statement that establishes his current salary across every league, endorsements, taxes and private investments.

For that reason, this profile does not publish a guessed net-worth number. A reliable future contract announcement can be added with its currency, season and team attached. It must never be silently converted into net worth. Search demand for an earnings estimate does not justify combining unsourced websites into a figure that the player or an audited record has not confirmed.

Sunil Narine wife and family privacy

Public cricket coverage sometimes mentions Narine's family, but relationship labels can become outdated and private-life reporting often lacks direct confirmation. This profile focuses on facts relevant to his cricket career and does not publish private addresses, children's details or speculative claims about a wife, girlfriend or family dispute.

If a player has made a clear public statement, a later editorial review can summarise it with a date and source. Until then, absence of a relationship section is not evidence that a player is single or married. The same standard applies to social-media photographs: an image alone should not be converted into a biographical claim.

Understanding Sunil Narine's career statistics

The exact English Wikipedia page provides a structured table and visible snapshot date through the MediaWiki API. ESPNcricinfo and historical scorecards cross-check career landmarks. IPL and KKR sources lead for the current Kolkata membership, while CPL, ILT20, MLC and club sources establish other current franchise links.

Each source has a defined job. None should be stretched beyond that purpose. Provider synchronization can update unlocked statistics but cannot overwrite reviewed identity, retirement, honours or portrait licensing without a new editorial check.

Sunil Narine records and achievements

Narine's published record includes a 2012 global T20 title with West Indies, three IPL championships with Kolkata Knight Riders, three IPL MVP awards, a first T20 century in 2024 and strong bowling bests across several formats. The dated international table adds two ODI five-wicket hauls and two Test five-wicket hauls.

These achievements have different scopes and should remain labelled. A World Twenty20 title is a national-team honour, IPL trophies are franchise results, MVP awards are competition honours and 6 for 27 is an individual bowling performance. Keeping those categories separate produces a more useful biography than a single inflated list of trophies and records.

Sunil Narine records

Sunil Narine career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Tests (Wikipedia table dated 7 January 2024)6matches

Batting

Runs: 40
High score: 22 not out
Average: 8.00
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 21
Best bowling: 6/91
Average: 40.25
Balls: 1,650
Catches / stumpings: 2 catches
5w / 10w: 2 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

ODIs (Wikipedia table dated 7 January 2024)65matches

Batting

Runs: 363
High score: 36
Average: 11.00
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 92
Best bowling: 6/27
Average: 26.46
Balls: 2,435
Catches / stumpings: 14 catches
5w / 10w: 2 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

First-class (Wikipedia table dated 7 January 2024)13matches

Batting

Runs: 213
High score: 40 not out
Average: 21.50
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 65
Best bowling: 8/17
Average: 17.75
Balls: 3,023
Catches / stumpings: 10 catches
5w / 10w: 8 / 3

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

List A (Wikipedia table dated 7 January 2024)116matches

Batting

Runs: 714
High score: 51
Average: 13.22
100s / 50s: 0 / 1

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 190
Best bowling: 6/9
Average: 19.91
Balls: 3,783
Catches / stumpings: 35 catches
5w / 10w: 6 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

ODIs

Debut

West Indies v India, Ahmedabad, 5 December 2011

Last listed match

West Indies v Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, 5 October 2016

Tests

Debut

England v West Indies, Birmingham, 7 June 2012

Last listed match

New Zealand v West Indies, Hamilton, 19 December 2013

T20 internationals

Debut

West Indies v Australia, Gros Islet, 27 March 2012

Last listed match

West Indies v India, Providence, 6 August 2019

Indian Premier League

Debut

Kolkata Knight Riders, 2012

Last listed match

Kolkata Knight Riders, 2026 season

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

Made his West Indies ODI debut against India in Ahmedabad on 5 December 2011.
Was part of the West Indies squad that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
Took 92 wickets in 65 ODIs, including best figures of 6 for 27, in the dated table.
Recorded 21 wickets in six Tests, with two five-wicket innings hauls.
Won the IPL Most Valuable Player award in 2012, 2018 and 2024.
Scored his first senior T20 century for Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals in 2024.
Helped Kolkata Knight Riders win the IPL in 2012, 2014 and 2024.
Reached 500 senior T20 appearances during the 2024 IPL season.
Announced his retirement from international cricket in November 2023.
Continued as a multi-franchise all-rounder across the Knight Riders network in 2026.

Reader questions

Sunil Narine FAQ

How old is Sunil Narine?

Sunil Narine was born on 26 May 1988 and was 38 on 11 August 2026.

What is Sunil Narine's role?

He is a left-handed batter and right-arm off-break bowler classified as an all-rounder in current franchise cricket.

Has Sunil Narine retired from international cricket?

Yes. He announced his international retirement in November 2023; his last listed West Indies match was in 2019.

Which IPL team does Sunil Narine play for?

Kolkata Knight Riders is his 2026 IPL team.

How many ODI wickets did Sunil Narine take?

The dated career table lists 92 wickets in 65 ODIs, with best figures of 6 for 27.

How many IPL MVP awards has Sunil Narine won?

He won the IPL Most Valuable Player award in 2012, 2018 and 2024.

What is Sunil Narine's net worth?

No audited source reviewed for this profile establishes a current net-worth figure, so This profile does not publish an estimate.

Conclusion

Sunil Narine's career combines 92 ODI wickets, a 2012 world T20 title, three KKR IPL championships, three IPL MVP awards and a later transformation into a franchise opening batter. His completed international record and active club career are kept distinct.