Nicolas Pooran

As a Trinidadian cricket player, Nicholas Pooran plays for the West Indies cricket team in international cricket and Trinidad and Tobago in West Indian domestic matches.

Biography - About Nicholas Pooran

A prodigal batsman, Pooran broke a lot of records at the school level cricket while playing for Naparima College. From there on he went on to play for the West Indies Under-19 team and eventually made his place in 2016. He has also performed well in T20 leagues around the world and is becoming one of the top wicketkeeper-batsman in the cricketing world.

Nicholas Pooran - Along the Years

Nicholas Pooran Records

• Nicholas Pooran scored 367 runs in the 2019 World Cup, the most runs from the West Indies.
• Pooran is one the three West Indies batters to score three 50-plus scores in consecutive innings in T20Is.
• Has the second most dismissals by a West Indies wicketkeeper in T20Is.
• Youngest player to play in the Caribbean Premier League in 2013.

Nicholas Pooran Awards and Accolades

Named as the rising star of the squad by the ICC after the 2019 World Cup.

Nicholas Pooran Domestic Career

Nicholas Pooran started his domestic career playing for Trinidad and Tobago and represented them at various underage and schoolboys tournaments. He made his national under-19 debut at the age of 16 in 2012. A year later he debuted for the West Indies under-19s. In 2013, he also four matches for his country in the Regional Super50 competition. He was the youngest player in the 2013 Caribbean Premier League, the inaugural edition of the tournament.

He was selected for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup. He was the team’s vice-captain and primary wicket-keeper in the Under-19 World Cup. His innings of 143 runs against Australia was the highest of the tournament. The same year he made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the Regional Four Day Competition.

Nicholas Pooran International Career

Nicholas Pooran’s international debut in the Twenty20 format against Pakistan cricket team in 2016. His ODI debut came three years later against England. He has scored two half-centuries in the shortest format of the game, the first of which came against India in 2018 and second England in 2019.

Just after making his debut, he was selected for the 2019 ICC World Cup. His first century came in the World Cup against Sri Lanka cricket team on 1 July 2019 at Chester-le-Street. He finished the tournament with 367 runs in nine matches, the most by a West Indies batsman in the 2019 World Cup.

In an ODI match against Afghanistan in November of 2019, Nicholas Pooran was found guilty of ball tampering and banned for four Twenty20 International matches.

Nicholas Pooran T20Is

On September 23, 2016, Pooran made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Pakistan. In November 2018, Pooran was included in the West Indies' squad for the India tour. He scored his maiden T20I half-century in the third T20I in Chennai, remaining unbeaten on 53 off 25 balls, including four sixes and as many boundaries.

Pooran made 58 against England in the first T20I in March 2019. He scored 1 and 11 in the next two games as West Indies suffered a 3-0 whitewash in the T20I series.

He was appointed vice-captain of the team shortly after his success in the 2019 ODI World Cup.

His unbeaten 62 in 33 balls against Pakistan in third T20I in July 2021, plundering four boundaries and six sixes, at a strike rate of 187.88, went in vain as they lost by seven runs. Pooran had an average T20 World Cup in 2021, his first, scoring 113 runs at 22.6 with a couple of forty-plus scores.

Pooran played a second-fiddle to Rovman Powell's splendorous century. He scored 70 in 43 balls to power West Indies to a mammoth 224/5. He amassed 164 runs at 41 in five matches as West Indies edged out England 3-2.

During the India tour of 2022, Pooran slammed three half-centuries in as many games with scores of 61, 62 & 61. His efforts were of no use as the visitors lost all three matches.

On July 7, 2022, Pooran registered his career-best figures of 74* during the third T20I versus Bangladesh in Guyana. His blistering innings propelled West Indies to five-wicket win and wrap the series 2-0.

Pooran's individual form took a massive setback as he could hardly convert his innings to a double-digit score and West Indies were knocked out in the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers.

Nicholas Pooran ODIs

In February 2019, Pooran was named in the West Indies' ODI squad for their five-match series against England and made his debut in the first match on February 20, 2019. Even though he went for a duck on his debut and didn't play any match in the England series, Pooran earned a spot in the 2019 World Cup.

He scored his maiden ODI century against Sri Lanka on July 1, 2019 at Riverside Ground. He finished as the highest run-getter for the West Indies in the World Cup with 367 runs at 52.42.

In November 2019, Pooran was handed a four-match ban in T20Is after being found guilty of ball-tampering during West Indies' third ODI against Afghanistan.

During the tour of India in 2019, Pooran showed great intent with the bat and scored 29*, 75 and 89 in his three innings.

In May 2022, Pooran was named the captain of West Indies in both T20Is and ODIs after Kieron Pollard retired. He scored 91 against New Zealand in the final ODI to set up his best score as captain of West Indies.

Nicholas Pooran IPL Career

Nicholas Pooran was picked for the IPL by Mumbai Indians for 30 lakhs in 2017. In December 2018 when the auction for the 2019 season of IPL was held, Pooran was picked up by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 4.2 crore

He played 7 matches for the team in the 2019 IPL, scoring 168 runs at a strike rate of 157. His highest score in the season was 48 and he scored with an average of 28.

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Nicholas Pooran Captaincy

As of October Pooran has led West Indies in 17 ODIs and 23 T20Is. He has won 12 matches in both formats combinedly.

Two-time champions West Indies failed to qualify for the first time in the history of the T20 World Cup. West Indies lost to Scotland and Ireland in the qualifiers round under Pooran's captaincy.

Nicholas Pooran T20 Franchise Career

Other than the IPL, Nicholas Pooran has played in the PSL and the Bangladesh Premier League other than the Caribbean Premier League. He played for Sylhet Sixers in the 2018-19 Bangladesh Premier League and was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament. He scored 379 runs in the eleven matches that he played.

Nicholas Pooran IPL

In February 2017, Pooran was bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 30 lakhs for the upcoming season of that year. However, the youngster warmed the bench throughout the season but Mumbai Indians emerged champions of IPL 2017. Pooran got no picks in the 2018 IPL auction after setting a base price of INR 50 lakhs.

In December 2018, the West Indies wicketkeeper-batter was sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 4.2 crores. He played just seven matches in IPL 2019 and made 168 runs at 28.

He had an excellent season in 2020, scoring 353 runs in 14 games at a strike rate of 169.71. A dismal run in 2021, where he could only manage 85 runs in 12 innings, led to Pooran's release from Punjab Kings before the mega auction in 2022.

Pooran fetched a whopping bid of INR 10.75 crores by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2022 mega auction. He made 306 runs in 14 matches with a couple of half-centuries.

Nicholas Pooran CPL

Ahead of the 2013 CPL season, Nicholas Pooran was selected in the Red Steel squad, a franchise of Trinidad. At the age of 17, Pooran became the youngest player to join CPL in the tournament's history.

Pooran scored 54 runs in 24 balls on debut against Guyana Amazon Warriors. He also played the 2014 season for Red Steels Pooran was ruled out of the 2015 CPL after meeting with a road accident in St Mary's, Trinidad.

In July 2020, Pooran joined the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for CPL 2020. He scored his maiden CPL and T20 century against St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots on August 31, 2020.

In April 2022, Pooran was signed by his local franchise Trinbago Knight Riders For IPL 2022. The wicketkeeper returned back to the franchise after spending a short amount of time with Guyana. He had a poor season on his return to home as he could manage 108 runs in nine innings at 12.

Nicholas Pooran Family

Nicholas Pooran is married to Kathrina Miguel.