Personal

Name

Nicholas Pooran
Full Name

Nicholas Pooran
Country

West Indies
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

October 2, 1995

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Active/Retired

Active
Role

Left-handed Wicketkeeper-batsman
Level

National, International
Teams

West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, T&T Red and Steel, Barbados Tridents, Islamabad United, Sylhet Sixers, Kings XI Punjab, Khulna Titans, Multan Sultans, Mumbai Indians, St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots, T&T Under-19, West Indies Under-19, and West Indies B
Profile

Nicholas Pooran is a Trinidadian cricketer, who serves the national West Indies cricket team since 2016. He appears in the shorter format of the game and represents Trinidad & Tobago team in domestic cricket. Pooran is a left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman and considered one of the best-skilled keepers of the Caribbean team since his school days. He has played several regional tournaments during his domestic days and started his regional cricket career professionally from T&T Under-19 tournament in 2012.

 

After this, Pooran played for West Indies Under-19 team and participated in Under-19 World Cup in 2014. He served that domestic team as vice-captain and keeper-batman in that tournament. His glorious innings in Under-19 World Cup led him towards Twenty20 franchise and then the national team of West Indies gradually. Pooran got selected for the national squad of West Indies in 2016 and made his international debut through a T20I match against Pakistan.

Pooran hasn’t made his test debut yet and played only one ODI so far. However, his dependable cricket skill gave him place in the squad of West Indies for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup currently.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

(Profile Image from Facebook)
Career Information

Only ODI Match: at Kensington Oval Stadium Vs England on 20th February in 2019

Debut T20I Match: at Dubai International Cricket Stadium Vs Pakistan on 23rd of September in 2016

Last T20I Match: at Warner Park Stadium Vs England on 10th of March in 2019

Debut IPL Match: at Sawai Mansingh Stadium Vs Rajasthan on 25th of March in 2019

Last IPL Match: at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium Vs Chennai on 5th May in 2019

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 218 runs in 11 matches in 3 years of T20I career at an average of 24.22 and strike rate of 140.65 including 2 fifties (as on May 31, 2019)
  • He has scored 168 runs in 7 matches in 1 year of IPL career at an average of 28 and strike rate of 157.01 (as on May 31, 2019)
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • The leading scorer in Under-19 cricket World Cup 2014 as a West Indies cricketer with 303 runs
  • Highest scorer in Under-19 ODI with 143 runs against Australia
  • Created highest nine-wicket partnership in Under-19 tournament of 139 runs