24 Facts About Nicolas Pooran

Nicholas Pooran is a Trinidadian cricketer who currently captains the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket and plays for the Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic matches.

Nicolas Pooran made his international debut for the West Indies in September 2016.

In May 2022, Nicolas Pooran was named as the captain of the West Indies team for limited overs cricket.

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

Nicolas 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.

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Nicolas 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.

Nicolas 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.

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

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

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

Nicolas 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nicolas Pooran later became vice-captain for the West Indies in T20I cricket.

Nicolas Pooran even captained the West Indies cricket team in the 5-match 20 20 international series against the Australia cricket team which the Caribbean side won 4 games to 1 in place of the original 2020 international captain Kieron Pollard who injured his hamstring during training.

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

Nicolas Pooran led the West Indies to a remarkable 18-run win over Australia in the first match of the T20I series.

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

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