Caribbean Premier League 2024 is currently being played in West Indies. West Indies star batsman Nicholas Pooran is in great form in this league. He has played many important innings this season and is breaking records one after another. In the match between Trinbago Knight Riders and Barbados Royals teams, Nicholas Pooran did another great feat. This time he broke the world record of Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan. This record was made by Mohammad Rizwan in the year 2021.
This world record of Mohammad Rizwan was broken
Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan made a big record in his name in the year 2021. He scored 2036 runs in T20 cricket that year, a world record for most runs in a calendar year in T20 cricket. But now this record is broken. Nicholas Pooran has scored more runs than this in the current year. Nicholas Pooran has now scored 2059 runs in the year 2024 and has now become the highest run-scorer in a calendar year in T20 cricket.
Nicholas Pooran playing for Trinbago Knight Riders played an innings of 27 runs off 15 balls against Barbados Royals. Meanwhile, Puran hit 4 fours and 1 six. During this inning, Nicholas Puran broke Mohammad Rizwan’s world record by scoring only 5 runs. Let us tell you that Nicholas Pooran is the second batsman in the world who has crossed the mark of 2000 runs in a calendar year of T20 cricket. Earlier only Rizwan could reach this figure.
Recently this record has also been done in my name
Nicholas Pooran recently held the record for most sixes in a calendar year in T20 cricket. He has crossed the mark of 150 sixes this year. Nicholas Pooran is also the first batsman in the history of T20 cricket to hit 150 sixes in a year. Earlier, Chris Gayle held the record for most sixes in a calendar year in T20 cricket. Chris Gayle hit 135 T20 sixes in the year 2015.
