Narine and the Gavaskar connection
Shahid Narine, father of West Indies spinner Sunil, was hooked onto Sunil Gavaskar when he watched him defy West Indies' pace attack at the Queens Park Oval
12-Jul-2013
Shahid Narine, father of West Indies spinner Sunil, was hooked onto Sunil Gavaskar when he watched him defy West Indies' pace attack at the Queens Park Oval. When Shahid's second child was born, there was no hesitation on the name. Bharat Sundaresan of the Indian Express meets Shahid at his home in Arima, Trinidad, the same two-bedroom house which Shahid - a retired cab driver - bought two decades ago.
"I still get goosebumps when I recall Gavaskar asking Sunil about his name and when he found out that my son was actually named after him, on live television. I had twice chickened out from sharing a greeting with Gavaskar during his playing days. This though, was out of this world," adds Shahid.