28 Facts About Nicholas Pooran

Nicholas Pooran is a Trinidadian cricketer who currently represents the West Indies cricket team in limited overs formats and occasionally serves as the team's captain.

Nicholas Pooran competes domestically for Trinidad and Tobago and plays for the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.

Nicholas Pooran stepped down from the captaincy in November 2022.

From Kathmandu, Couva, Nicholas Pooran attended Naparima College in San Fernando, and played for the school's cricket team.

Nicholas Pooran debuted for the West Indies under-19s in October 2013, in a bilateral series against the Bangladesh under-19s, and went on to play at the 2014 Under-19 World Cup.

Nicholas Pooran's innings was the highest ever under-19 ODI score against Australia, and his 136-run ninth-wicket partnership with Barbadian Jerome Jones was a record for all under-19 matches.

Nicholas Pooran's batting was less successful for the remainder of the tournament, and at the 2013 Champions League, where he represented the Trinidad and Tobago national side rather than the Red Steel franchise.

Nicholas Pooran again played for the Red Steel during the 2014 CPL season, but is yet to score any further half-centuries.

At club level, Nicholas Pooran plays for Clarke Road in the Trinidadian leagues.

In January 2015, Nicholas Pooran was involved in a road accident in St Mary's, Trinidad, sustaining ankle and knee injuries.

Nicholas Pooran was ruled out for both the remainder of Trinidad and Tobago's domestic season and the 2015 Caribbean Premier League.

Nicholas Pooran Played for Islamabad United in 2017 Pakistan Super League as he was drafted in as a replacement of England's Ben Duckett in United's squad.

Nicholas Pooran went unsold in the 2018 IPL auction after setting his base price at INR 50 lakhs.

Nicholas Pooran was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament, with 379 runs in eleven matches.

Nicholas Pooran had an excellent IPL 2020 season as he scored a total of 353 runs in the 14 matches he played in the season.

Nicholas Pooran was the fourth highest six hitter in the 2020 IPL season as he hit 25 sixes altogether in the season.

Nicholas Pooran however scored only 85 runs in IPL 2021.

In 2023, Nicholas Pooran was drafted by MI New York for the inaugural season of Major League Cricket; in the final, he scored 137 runs from 55 balls, contributing to the team's victory, and was named the player of the season.

Nicholas Pooran made his Twenty20 International debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 23 September 2016.

Nicholas Pooran made his ODI debut for the West Indies against England on 20 February 2019.

On 1 July 2019, in the match against Sri Lanka, Nicholas Pooran scored his first century in ODIs.

Nicholas Pooran finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the West Indies, with 367 runs in nine matches.

In November 2019, during the third ODI against Afghanistan, Nicholas Pooran was found guilty of ball tampering.

Nicholas Pooran admitted the charge, and was banned for four T20I matches.

In September 2021, Nicholas Pooran was named as the vice-captain of the West Indies' squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Nicholas Pooran scored 184 runs including three half centuries, highest score of 62.

Nicholas Pooran was named the captain for the West Indies squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup the team suffered an early exit in the first round, after losing 2 out of 3 matches and failed to qualify for the Super 12 round.

Post-World Cup, on 21 November 2022, Nicholas Pooran stepped down as the limited-overs captain of the West Indies team.