The 27-year-old was reported during the third one day international against Sri Lanka in Pallekele during his country's tour of the country in November and was subsequently banned from bowling by world cricket's governing body.

It came after an independent assessment had ruled that Narine's arm bent beyond the 15 degrees permitted under ICC regulations in every variation of his deliveries, prompting the organisation to act.

Narine, a specialist in the shorter format of the game who was the top-ranked bowler in both the Twenty20 and One Day International standings before his suspension, missed out on representing the West Indies at the recent World Twenty20 in India after he failed to remedy his action.

In his absence, the West Indies went on to become the first team to win the tournament on two separate occasions with a thrilling win over England as Carlos Brathwaite struck four brutal sixes off the last over to guide his team to victory.

The Trinidadian, who has 40 international Twenty20 wickets to his name, is now set to feature in the Indian Premier League, considered the world's top cricket domestic competition, for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

He had twice been flagged up for an illegal action will playing for the franchise in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in September and October.

"The International Cricket Council today confirmed that following remedial work and retest, the bowling action of the West Indies’ Sunil Narine has been found to be legal, and the off-spinner can now resume bowling in both international cricket and domestic cricket events worldwide," an ICC statement read.

"At the retest, it was revealed that the amount of elbow extensions in Narine’s bowling action for all his deliveries that were tested was within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the ICC regulations for the review of bowlers reported with suspected illegal bowling actions."