KKR fielding coach Ryan Ten Doeschate, a member of their 2014 IPL title winning team under Gautam Gambhir, credited Narine’s transformation to the former skipper who is now the mentor of the side.
“To be dead honest, I think Gauti did convince Sunil to open the batting and that also comes from the chemistry they have. They’ve worked together. Sunil played under him. I think it was a pretty easy.
“We’ve tried to get that up to order in other competitions as well. And he hasn’t done it. But for whatever reason, Gambhir inspires a lot of confidence in Sunil. And he was happy to take the job on and hopefully that can continue,” he added. (PTI)