Nicholas Pooran

West Indies|Wicketkeeper Batter
Nicholas Pooran
INTL CAREER: 2016 - 2024
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Full Name

Nicholas Pooran

Born

October 02, 1995, Trinidad

Age

29y 294d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

Nicholas Pooran player profile

Nicholas Pooran, the foremost of the second generation of West Indian T20 stars, retired from international cricket at 29, a paradox of the modern game and one of its most prominent exponents. The month after he hung up his boots in international cricket, he led MI New York to their second Major League Cricket title.

The previous year had been his best in T20, where he broke records for the most runs scored and sixes hit in a calendar year - 2331 and 170 respectively - while playing 76 matches for seven international franchises and West Indies.

One of the most prolific batters in the short-format game, Pooran's story pivoted around an unlikely comeback. About a year after finishing as the fourth-highest run-scorer at the U-19 World Cup, a serious car accident in early 2014 left him with a torn patella tendon, fractured tibia and fractured ankle. After a long recovery, he was handed a substantial contract by Barbados Tridents in the 2016 CPL on Kieron Pollard's recommendation.

Unsure if his body would hold up under the pressures of playing multiple formats, Pooran looked to maximise his earnings by focusing on franchise leagues, playing in the Hong Kong Blitz, the T10, and for West Indies B in the Global T20 Canada, apart from just about every top-line league. To think that his first BPL deal, in 2016-17, earned him a ban from the WICB, which was displeased with his decision to forego regional cricket.

His international breakthrough came in late 2018, when he hit his first half-century for West Indies off just 24 balls against India in Chennai. From there, he made it into the ODI World Cup squad as West Indies' No. 4, despite limited experience in 50-over cricket. He hit fifties against England and Afghanistan in the tournament, plus a thrilling hundred against Sri Lanka, and finished with an average of over 52.47 and a strike rate of 100.

In 2022 he was made West Indies' white-ball captain, and that year's T20 World Cup was regarded as a potential coronation event for the team's ageing golden generation. They suffered an early exit in the first round of the tournament, and Pooran quit the captaincy in November that year.

He came into his own in the IPL during a stellar 2020 season. He entered the tournament having just scored a maiden T20 hundred for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL, and went on to make 353 runs at a strike rate of 170 for Kings XI Punjab, demonstrating an ability to dominate, particularly against spin. In the IPL he topped 350 three years running, starting in 2023, as a middle-order firestarter for the young Lucknow Super Giants franchise; in 2025 his 524 runs came at a strike rate just a shade under 200.

Nicholas Pooran IPL factfile

- An explosive left-handed batter, Nicholas Pooran made his IPL debut after being picked by Punjab Kings (PBKS) for INR 4.2 crore in 2019.

- Pooran showed glimpses of his talent in his first season, scoring 168 runs from seven games at a strike rate of 157. He went even better in the next season as he made 353 runs in 14 games at 169.71.

- He was released by PBKS after a poor season in 2021, when he could only score 85 runs in 12 matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) then acquired him for INR 10.75 crore in the IPL 2022 mega auction.

- Pooran crossed the 300-run mark for the second time in his IPL career in 2022, but was released by SRH and sparked a bidding war at the following auction, attracting interest from CSK, RR and DC, but was eventually snapped up for a whopping INR 16 crore by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

- He made an instant impact for LSG, blazing 358 runs at a remarkable strike rate of 172.95 in 2023, helping the team make the playoffs.

Nicholas Pooran Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ODIs61588198311839.66200099.1531115780232
T20Is106971022759826.141668136.39013152149638
FC51003196931.9047367.4402391022
List A989117304811841.18--417--522
T20s411385649526108*29.676356149.8745864565623735

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ODIs61716917464/484/4829.006.1728.1100
T20Is106------------
FC516311/31/33.003.006.0000
List A98716917464/484/4829.006.1728.1100
T20s411------------

Nicholas Pooran T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Major League CricketMI NY28286928137*42.18643144.32256456181
IPL3 teams908720229387*34.221357168.97014157167404
ILT20MIE31308101066*45.90645156.58076271243
CPL3 teams114103162447102*28.121607152.273131591767614
Men's 100NSC-M87222766*45.40151150.3303141952
BPL3 teams3333571276*25.42518137.45045046153
SA20DSG3318660*43.0054159.25019420
BBLMS6611276525.4075169.330161321
Vitality BlastYOR3301226740.6666184.8401101020
PSLIU110111.00333.33000000
CLT20T&T540401510.004588.88002200

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Major League CricketMI NY28------------
IPL3 teams90------------
ILT20MIE31------------
CPL3 teams114------------
Men's 100NSC-M8------------
BPL3 teams33------------
SA20DSG3------------
BBLMS6------------
Vitality BlastYOR3------------
PSLIU1------------
CLT20T&T5------------
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Nicholas Pooran and Glenn Maxwell pose with the MLC trophy
Nicholas Pooran scored an important half-century
Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran celebrate after completing the job
Monank Patel and Nicholas Pooran put up a century stand
Nicholas Pooran picked up speed after a slow start
Tajinder Singh and Nicholas Pooran 158 runs for the third wicket