Nicholas Pooran: 1 over and 36 runs, the first name that comes to mind as soon as this equation comes up is Yuvraj Singh, who hit 6 sixes in 1 over against Stuart Broad in the T20 World Cup 2007. Now, not 6 sixes but 36 runs have definitely been hit in 1 over. That too by Nicholas Pooran, on 18 June, West Indies and Afghanistan faced each other. In which the Afghan bowler gave away 36 runs in 1 over. After which the video of this incident is going viral on social media.

Nicholas Pooran created history

• This is the 5th occasion in the history of T20 cricket when a bowler has conceded 36 runs in 1 over.
• This is the second time this has happened in the T20 World Cup.
  This incident happened in the fourth over of West Indies' innings.
• While the Afghan team appeared to be dominating after the first three overs, the fourth over unraveled all the rumours.
• A total of 36 runs were scored in Azmatullah Omarzai's over, after which West Indies' innings got new wings.

This is how 36 runs came in 1 over

• The fourth over of the West Indies innings was bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai.
  A total of 3 sixes and 4 fours were hit in this over.
• The first ball was hit for a wide boundary, the second ball was hit for a no ball by Nicholas Pooran.
• After this, the next ball was wide and 5 runs were given as bye. 16 runs were scored in the over without any ball being bowled.
• Omarzai bowled Pooran on the second legal ball
• But he was saved because of a free hit. Fours came on the third and fourth balls. Pooran (Nicholas Pooran) hit 2 sixes in the next 2 balls. In this way, a total of 36 runs were scored in 1 over.

Watch the video here –

https://t.co/Ku41X34Cbv

— Cricbaaz4 (@cricbaaz4) June 18, 2024

West Indies win by a huge margin of 104 runs

• Talking about the match, after winning the toss, Rashid Khan invited West Indies to bat first.
• Opening batsman Johnson Charles opened the innings with a 43-run innings in just 27 balls.
• Then came the turn of Nicholas Pooran, he played an explosive innings of 98 runs in just 53 balls by hitting 8 fours and 6 sixes.
  He lost his wicket due to run out on the fourth ball of the 20th over.
• Thanks to him, the hosts set a big target of 219 runs. In response to which Afghanistan faltered badly. Ibrahim Zadran became the highest run scorer with 38 runs.
• Gurbaz could not even open his account. Veterans like Naib (7), Rashid Khan (18) and Mohammad Nabi (1) got out cheaply. Due to this, Afghanistan could score only 114 runs.

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