Rahul Tiwari
khelja|18-06-2024
There is no need to tell how explosive a batsman Nicholas Pooran is. The world knows what he can do on his day. Now if you tease such a batsman, then the balls will definitely be thrashed. Something similar was seen in the last group match of the T20 World Cup 2024 being played between Afghanistan and West Indies.
Pooran came out to bat after the first wicket of West Indies fell in the form of Brandon King. As soon as he came to the crease, Naveen-ul-Haq said something to him. Pooran did not react immediately to Naveen's words. But, just one over after that incident, he unraveled the thread of the balls of Naveen's teammate Azmatullah Omarzai.Nicholas Pooran scored 36 runs in one over of Azmatullah Omarzai for his team. This was the fourth over of the West Indies innings, which was being bowled by Omarzai. Pooran hit a six on the first ball of Omarzai. After this, the second ball was a no ball, on which Pooran scored 5 runs with a four.
Omarzai then gave 5 runs from a wide. This time Omarzai bowled an amazing yorker, on which no runs were scored. This was the second legal delivery of this over. After this, Pooran scored 20 more runs with 2 sixes and 2 fours on the next 4 balls. In this way, he scored 36 runs from one over of Omarzai.WATCH: Nicholas Pooran in devastating touch as Azmatullah Omarzai concedes 36 runs from one over
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The effect of this attack of Nicholas Pooran on Azmatullah Omarzai was that his runs increased.
Along with this, the score of West Indies also reached 73 runs in just 4 overs. This batting of Nicholas forced Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan to make a change in bowling. He took charge himself. But, he also had to concede 12 runs in his first over, in which 9 runs came from Pooran's bat.Now it is not known whether Nicholas Pooran had already come with the intention of playing aggressively or he changed his mind after Naveen-ul-Haq said something. But whatever was seen on the field, the fans were entertained a lot. Nicholas Pooran is a teammate in IPL, possibly Naveen-ul-Haq might have said something to him in that regard as well.
Both these players play for LSG.Although the West Indies vs Afghanistan match before the Super-8 of T20 World Cup 2024 is not going to have any effect on the result of both the teams. This is because both of them have already qualified for the Super-8. But, whichever team finishes on top in Group C by winning here, its morale will definitely increase.