#3 Nicholas Pooran
Nicolas Pooran, who plays for Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic circuit and for the Red Steel in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is a mighty young talent to watch out for. As of the 2014 season, he is the youngest player to have appeared in CPL matches.
Pooran debuted for the West Indies under-19s in a bilateral series against the Bangladesh under-19s and went on to play at the 2014 Under-19 World Cup as the team's vice-captain and primary wicket-keeper. He scored 303 runs from six matches, ranking fourth on the list of total runs scored and leading the average chart of the West Indies team.
In his CPL debut against the Guyana Amazon Warriors, he scored 54 from 24 balls, an innings which included six sixes and was noted for its "clean, calm stroke play" and "uninhibited aggression". His CPL team mate, the sensational AB de Villiers said he wasn’t too sure of how the WICB does things, but added that if Pooran was in South Africa, “he’d be in the mix”.
His talents fast-tracked him into the national setup and he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 23 September 2016.
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