Rovman Powell, West Indies' T20I captain, has revealed that he is trying to convince Sunil Narine to reverse his retirement ahead of the T20 World Cup on home soil this year.
Narine had retired from international cricket in November 2023 and last played for West Indies in a T20I in August 2019.
"For the last 12 months, I've been whispering in his [Narine'] ears, but he's blocked out everyone," Powell was quoted as saying by espncricinfo.
"I've asked [Kieron] Pollard, [Dwayne] Bravo, [Nicholas] Pooran. Hopefully, before they select the team, they can crack his code."
The development comes after Narine smashed a magnificent century to power Kolkata Knight Riders to 223 for 6 on Tuesday.
"It is what it is, but let's see what the future holds," Narine said, after the match, when asked about taking back retirement.
Narine scored his first T20 hundred during the IPL 2024 match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.
Opening the innings for KKR, Narine smashed a 49-ball century laced with eleven fours and six sixes beating his previous highest T20 score of 85.
By doing so, he became the first player in the IPL to have scored a hundred and picked a five-wicket haul.
Narine became only the third KKR batter to score a hundred after Brendon Mccullum and Venkatesh Iyer. The southpaw has hit 1313 runs in his career so far at a strike rate of 165.16, with one hundred and five fifties.
The 35-year-old offspinner has also picked up 168 wickets for KKR in 168 matches at an economy rate of 6.73 and an average of 25.82.
In his T20I career, Narine has scored only 155 runs in 51 matches at an average of 10.33.
