debut: 1/4/03
253,242 runs
Sunil Narine: (At the start of the season if anyone had told him he'd be in the race for the Orange cap) I would have taken it as a joke because I haven't opened in such a long time or did much with the bat in the years past. (Opening this year)
With GG (Gambhir) coming back, he gave me the confidence and his assurance that I'll open the batting. (Mindset) The job is just to go out there and try to give a good start, whatever the situation is, still keep going because if you try to face dot balls in the powerplay, it could hurt you in the backend. So just go there and try to give your team a good start. We have an understanding about it, it's not going to be easy (bowling here), we have to make use of the powerplay, pick up early wickets and make sure that we control in the middle and try to restrict them.
("I will be watching it from home, Badree," were Narine's words after previous match when asked if he could make it to the T20 WC. When asked about that statement today) It is what it is, we'll have to see what the future holds.
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