West Indies star batsman Nicholas Pooran is currently playing for Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League 2024. His bat is doing very well in this league. Matches against St. Kint’s and Nevis Patriots also saw a match-winning innings from his bat. During this inning, Nicholas Pooran made a big record in his name. He has done a feat that no batsman has ever done before in T20 cricket.
Nicholas Puran set a world record
Nicholas Pooran played an unbeaten innings of 93 runs off 43 balls in the match played against St. Kints and Nevis Patriot. Based on this innings, his team managed to win the match by chasing down the target of 194 runs. Nicholas Pooran hit 6 fours and 7 sixes during this match. Along with this, he also completed his 150 sixes in T20 cricket this year. Let us tell you that Nicholas Pooran has become the first batsman in the history of T20 cricket, who has hit 150 sixes in a year, no batsman could come close to this figure before.
Earlier this month, Nicholas Pooran broke the record for most T20 sixes in a year. This record was previously held by Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle hit 135 T20 sixes in the year 2015. Along with this, he is fourth in the history of T20 cricket in terms of hitting sixes. He has hit 563 sixes in T20 cricket so far. Which includes T20I, Domestic T20 and Franchise Cricket.
Bat is playing very well in CPL 2024
Nicholas Pooran’s performance in the Caribbean Premier League 2024 has been outstanding. He is currently the highest run-scorer for his team. He has scored 275 runs in 7 matches at an average of 45.83. Meanwhile, Nicholas Pooran has seen 2 half-centuries from the bat. He has scored these runs at a strike rate of 176.28. Meanwhile, his best score has been 97 runs. He remains third in the list of highest run scorers this season. As for his team, Trinbago Knight Riders are at the fourth position with 5 wins from 7 matches.