Nicholas Pooran replaces Kieron Pollard as West Indies ODI and T20I captain
Cricket | May 03, 2022 23:27 ISTHis first assignment will in the Netherlands at the end of this month for three ODIs
His first assignment will in the Netherlands at the end of this month for three ODIs
Opener Kyle Mayers gave West Indies a good start as they reached 44 for one in the first six overs but Indian spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and debutant Ravi Bishnoi grabbed three wickets between them to derail the visitors.
For Pooran, SRH and Kolkata Knight Riders showed interest, and in the end, the left-handed batter went to SunRisers.
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Pooran registered four ducks in IPL 2021, scoring only 28 runs in seven matches before the tournament was suspended on Tuesday earlier this week.
Pooran got a third-ball duck on Friday night in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to go with his three earlier ducks.
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The Trinidadian is among a large number of West Indian players who play T20 franchise cricket across the world.
Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya dismissed Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran off consecutive deliveries, before being hit for six sixes in an over by Kieron Pollard.
Nicholas Pooran hit 12 sixes in a 26-ball 89-run innings for his side Northern Warriors in the T10 League on Sunday.
West Indies are the reigning champions in the T20 World Cup and the only team to have won the tournament more than once.
On Tuesday evening, Pooran scored a gutsy half-century as Kings XI Punjab hunted down the 165-run target against Delhi Capitals to register their third consecutive win in the ongoing IPL edition.
Nicholas Pooran, who played a match-winning knock against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, talked about Chris Gayle's presence in the KXIP squad.
The left-hander smashed six boundaries and three sixes in the 165-run chase against Delhi Capitals as KXIP achieved the target with an over to spare.
Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan’s historic ton lays in ruin as Pooran’s 27-ball 50 took KXIP to third win on the trot in IPL 2020.
Nicholas Pooran’s last-ball six ended KXIP's IPL 2020 woes after the side made things complicated by giving away four dot balls in the final over vs RCB.
Gayle, who was playing his first competitive match since January, overcame a sluggish start against Royal Challengers Bangalore to smash five sixes and a boundary in his 53-run knock, helping KXIP snap a five-match losing streak.
The West Indies left-handers smashes seven sixes and a boundary to reach his half-century in 17 balls a KXIP top-order crumbles around him in 201-run chase vs SRH.
Nicholas Pooran made an incredible effort on the boundary line to save a certain six during the match between KXIP and RR on Sunday.
"That's the best I have seen," Kevin Pietersen said on air. The reason that made KP say those words were because the margin of error was so less in Pooran's effort.
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