Major League Cricket, the first-ever franchise T20 tournament in the USA got off to a smashing start in Texas and North Carolina with record crowds, some thrilling games and a whirlwind knock by Nicholas Pooran to end it all in the final for MI New York.
Team India won the Test series 1-0 against the West Indies and the two teams will now be involved in a three-match ODI series starting Thursday, July 27 in Barbados.
In his IPL career, Pooran has played 47 matches and has scored 912 runs at a strike rate of 151.20. His highest score so far is 77 runs.
West Indies Cricket: West Indies' star man Nicholas Pooran has stepped down form the limited-overs captaincy after their horror show in the T20 World Cup in Australia
His first assignment will in the Netherlands at the end of this month for three ODIs
Opener Kyle Mayers gave West Indies a good start as they reached 44 for one in the first six overs but Indian spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and debutant Ravi Bishnoi grabbed three wickets between them to derail the visitors.
For Pooran, SRH and Kolkata Knight Riders showed interest, and in the end, the left-handed batter went to SunRisers.
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Pooran registered four ducks in IPL 2021, scoring only 28 runs in seven matches before the tournament was suspended on Tuesday earlier this week.
Pooran got a third-ball duck on Friday night in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to go with his three earlier ducks.
Scores of people across the country are dying in the wake of the second wave of the pandemic. India has reported over 3.86 lakh fresh COVID cases since Thursday.
The Trinidadian is among a large number of West Indian players who play T20 franchise cricket across the world.
Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya dismissed Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran off consecutive deliveries, before being hit for six sixes in an over by Kieron Pollard.
Nicholas Pooran hit 12 sixes in a 26-ball 89-run innings for his side Northern Warriors in the T10 League on Sunday.
West Indies are the reigning champions in the T20 World Cup and the only team to have won the tournament more than once.
On Tuesday evening, Pooran scored a gutsy half-century as Kings XI Punjab hunted down the 165-run target against Delhi Capitals to register their third consecutive win in the ongoing IPL edition.
Nicholas Pooran, who played a match-winning knock against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, talked about Chris Gayle's presence in the KXIP squad.
The left-hander smashed six boundaries and three sixes in the 165-run chase against Delhi Capitals as KXIP achieved the target with an over to spare.
Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan’s historic ton lays in ruin as Pooran’s 27-ball 50 took KXIP to third win on the trot in IPL 2020.
Nicholas Pooran’s last-ball six ended KXIP's IPL 2020 woes after the side made things complicated by giving away four dot balls in the final over vs RCB.
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