Shaun Narain (born October 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional

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player who has competed in

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(BDO) events.

Career

In 2013, Narain won the Canadian Open by beating Bernie Miller in the final. In 2014 he reached the final of a PDC event for the first time at a Youth Tour event where he lost 4–2 against

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. Narain also qualified for his first PDC major, the

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but he was beaten 5–4 by Mark Cox in the first round. Narain was now Canada's number two ranked player after

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and together they teamed up to play in the

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and

Haruki Muramatsu Haruki Muramatsu (村松治樹; born 15 April 1977) is a Japanese darts player. Career Muramatsu qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship. He defeated Poland's Krzysztof Kciuk 4–1 in the preliminary round, but lost 3–0 to Ronnie ...

in the first round with Part missing three match darts and Narain missing four. A week later he faced Muramatsu again, this time in the final of the soft tip Dartslive event in France, with the Japanese player again prevailing. Narain also reached the final of the soft tip event in China, losing to

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. In the remainder of his PDC tournaments, Narain qualified for the European Darts Grand Prix and European Darts Trophy and was beaten in the second round of both. After an unsuccessful Q School campaign, Narain only played in a handful of events in 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narain, Shaun 1992 births Canadian darts players Canadian emigrants to the United States Living people Professional Darts Corporation associate players Sportspeople from Calgary PDC World Cup of Darts Canadian team