West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran bats towards Afghanistan throughout an ICC Males’s T20 World Cup cricket match on the Darren Sammy Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, Monday, June 17, 2024.
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Wicket-keeper/batsman Nicholas Pooran turned the main run-scorer for West Indies within the Twenty/20 format throughout his innings towards New Zealand within the 2024 Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) Males’s T20 World Cup on the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba,Trinidad.
Pooran, 28, a former restricted over captain for the West Indies, surpassed the earlier highest scorer Chris Gayle, who amassed 1899 runs in 79 innings for the Caribbean group from 2006 to 2021. Pooran went into the match on 1,897 runs, and his cameo in Tarouba took him to 1,914 runs.
“The Universe Boss (Chris Gayle), he’s the definition of T20 cricket batting. He has set the bar actually excessive for all of us com- ing by way of the ranks,” Pooran stated.
“I’m simply actually pleased I can go previous him…he has been unimaginable and he has modified the sport.”
“It’s only one step for me in reaching what I’ve to realize. I’m actually pleased attending to that landmark and I clearly need to push on.”
Pooran has performed 91 matches to this point within the format for the Windies since rising in 2016, together with his highest rating of 82 coming towards reigning T20 World Cup champions England in St George’s, Grenada final December. Pooran has a wholesome strike charge of 134.03 and a mean of 25.52.
He was additionally named to the ICC’s 2023 T20 Crew of the 12 months after scoring 384 runs at a mean of 29.5 and a wide ranging strike charge of 163 for the Windies final yr.
The left-hander had a tremendous 2024 Indian Premier League season scoring 499 runs in 14 matches for the Lucknow Tremendous Giants. Pooran completed the event because the eighth-highest run scorer.
Batting at quantity three, Pooran was anticipated to be the catalyst for the West Indies’ batting unit on the T20 World Cup.
Pooran performed a variety of bold pictures in his 12-ball innings towards New Zealand earlier than succumbing to Tim Southee because the West Indies booked their spot within the Tremendous Eight with a 13-run win.
In his two earlier matches towards Papua New Guinea on June 2, Pooran made 27, earlier than scoring 22 towards newcomers Uganda on June 8.
