The last group match of the T20 World Cup 2024 being played between West Indies and Afghanistan may not be very important from the Super-8 point of view. But, what happened in this match was not seen in the 39 matches played before this in the tournament. In this match between West Indies and Afghanistan, Nicholas Pooran played such a devastating innings that a flurry of records was created. This broke many records made so far in the T20 World Cup 2024. Nicholas Pooran also made all the records made in the history of this ICC tournament his own or his team West Indies.

Thanks to Nicholas Pooran's powerful innings against Afghanistan, the West Indies team managed to score its highest score in the history of the T20 World Cup. Batting first against Afghanistan, West Indies scored 218 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. This is also the highest score of any team in the T20 World Cup 2024.

Nicholas Pooran's devastating innings and a barrage of records

Nicholas Pooran scored 98 runs facing 53 balls against Afghanistan. During this, his strike rate was 184.90. In this devastating innings, 8 sixes and 6 fours came off his bat. Pooran's attack was special in many ways. A big reason for it being special was that it was the highest personal score of his T20 International career. Earlier last year, Pooran had scored 82 runs against England. This is also the highest score from the bat of any batsman in the T20 World Cup 2024.