Sunil Narine: master of spin

In 2012, the Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League bought Trinidad and Tobago's Sunil Narine for US$700,000 and the rest, as they say, is history.

In a career that began back in 2009, Narine has so far snared 370 T20 wickets in just 326 matches while playing in leagues across the world. His latest trophy was won with the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League in 2017.

During his debut season with KKR, Narine was the Man of the Tournament as his mystery spin bowling became one of the key architects of KKR's first Indian Premier League title. That same year Narine, armed with his bag of trickery, helped propel the West Indies to the first of their two T20 World Cup titles.

He was just getting started. In 2014, KKR with Narine now the bedrock of their bowling arsenal, went on to win their second IPL title.

However, it was in the Caribbean Premier League that Narine delivered one of the best-ever bowling performances in T20 history.

In the inaugural match between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Antigua Hawksbills in Grenada, Narine bowled 21 dot balls in his quota of 24 to return the astonishing figures of four overs, one maiden, three runs, no wickets.

They were the third best-ever figures in T20 history behind Zulfiqar Babar, the Pakistan left-arm spinner, who holds the record for the most economical complete spell in T20 cricket, 2 for 3 against the Quetta Bears in 2012.

Shoaib Malik comes in second with 1 for 3 bowling for the Barbados Tridents against the Antigua Hawksbills in CPL 2013.

Narine credits his ability to remain composed as one of the key factors behind his success.

"Composure is an individual thing. How you react to certain things, makes it better for you," he said.

"I can try to be humble and what I do is to be as humble and quiet as possible, not show any expression to the batsman, so that they don't read you and judge whether you are tense or you are anxious."