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Nicholas Pooran

Nicholas Pooran
FULL NAME

Nicholas Pooran

BORN

October 02, 1995, Trinidad

AGE28y 
BATTING STYLELeft hand Bat
FIELDING POSITIONWicketkeeper
PLAYING ROLEWicketkeeper Batter
TEAMSTrinidad and Tobago, Trinbago Knight Riders, West Indies U19, St Kitts
 and Nevis Patriots, Barbados Royals, West Indies, Khulna Titans,
Mumbai Indians, Islamabad United, City Kaitak, West Indies Cricket Board
President XI, Joburg Giants, Multan Sultans, CWI B Team, Sylhet Sixers,
Northern Warriors, Punjab Kings, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Yorkshire, World XI, Melbourne Stars,  West Indies A, Manchester Originals, The Chennai Braves,
Sunrisers Hyderabad, Deccan Gladiators, MI Emirates, Rangpur Riders,
 Lucknow Super Giants, MI New York, Durban Super Giants, Northern Superchargers

Batting Career Summary

BattingTestODIT20IPL
Matches0618876
Innings0588073
Runs0198318481769
Balls0200013721090
Highest01188277
Average039.6625.6732.16
SR099.15134.69162.29
Not Out08818
Fours0157127112
Sixes080115127
Ducks0329
50s011119
100s0300
200s0000
400s0000

Bowling Career Summary

BowlingTestODIT20IPL
Matches0618876
Innings0700
Balls016900
Runs017400
Maidens0000
Wickets0600
Avg029.000
Eco06.1800
SR028.1700
BBI-/-4/48-/--/-
BBM-/-4/48-/--/-
4w0100
5w0000
10w0000

 

Profile
A prodigy, breaking school cricket records over the years, and turning up in his 20s as a blonde-haired big-hitter, Nicholas Pooran, today, has broken out as one of the many aggressive young West Indian batsmen coming up through the ranks.

A left-handed stylish batsman, who can also double up as a wicket-keeper if necessary, Pooran’s first major claim to fame was at the age of 16 the 2013 CPL, where he was signed up for Trinidad Red Steel – becoming the youngest ever player to play in the CPL – and lit up the stage in his first match with a stunning 54 off just 24 balls. He followed it up with equally impressive performances in the Champions League that followed. Representing the Windies under-19s in the U-19 World Cup of 2014, he emerged as one of the brightest talking points. finishing with 303 runs from six matches.

However, just as his career showed signs of taking off to bigger things, he suffered a chronic ankle injury in a car accident which put him out of action for almost two years. He returned with a bang though – scoring 217 runs in the eight games – in the 2016 season of the CPL which led to an international cap against Pakistan later in the year. Trouble wasn’t far though again, finding himself in a soup after opting to play in the Bangladesh Premier League over the domestic season, leading to a 10-month ban.

A major turning point in his career came in the Canada Global T20 League in 2018 with CWI-B that put him back in the national reckoning.