Who doesn't know Nicholas Pooran? He is known for playing an innings full of action. Now when catches are missed of such a batsman, he will definitely make his mark on the basis of the support of luck. Just like he beat the bowlers of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots on the evening of 22 September in CPL 2024. Playing for Trinbago Knight Riders, Nicholas Pooran came out to bat first down. After that when he returned, not only was he unbeaten but his team had also won the match. Pooran did this feat on 43 balls played in his innings. The big thing is that while playing those 43 balls, he sent the ball out of the field i.e. across the boundary line 13 times.

Nicholas Pooran did wonders in 43 balls

Nicholas Pooran wrote the script of his tremendous innings while chasing the target of 194 runs for St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots. He scored an unbeaten 93 off 43 balls in his explosive innings played at a strike rate of more than 216. During this, he hit the ball out of the field 13 times. Pooran's 13 boundaries included 7 sixes and 6 fours.

A match winning knock from Nicholas Pooran sees him pick up the @Dream11 MVP for match 25. #CPL24 #TKRvSKNP #CricketPlayedLouder #BiggestPartyInSport #Dream11 pic.twitter.com/4kGXROlIqV

— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 23, 2024

Puran came close to scoring a century twice in CPL 2024

This is the second half-century of left-handed Nicholas Pooran in CPL 2024. This is the second time he remained unbeaten after reaching close to a century. Earlier, he scored his first half-century in CPL 2024 by playing an innings of 97 runs. On the strength of 2 half-centuries, Nicholas Pooran has scored 275 runs in the first 7 matches played in CPL 2024, in which his strike rate is above 176.

Puran's team won the match by 7 wickets

Thanks to Nicholas Pooran's explosive innings, Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St. Kitts by 7 wickets with 9 balls remaining. This is Trinbago Knight Riders' 5th win in 7 matches. For St. Kitts, this was their 10th match. This was their 9th loss in 10 matches.

Puran hit sixes after dropping 4 catches

However, Nicholas Pooran would not have been able to play such a big innings if the players of St. Kitts had not been negligent in catching his catch. But, they had made up their mind to give him life after life. The fielders of St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots dropped 4 catches of Nicholas Pooran, taking advantage of which Nicholas Pooran created a stir. Joshua Da Silva dropped Pooran's first catch. After this, the second catch was missed on the second ball of the 11th over due to confusion between two players. His third catch was missed on the fourth ball of the 12th over. While the fourth catch was missed on the third ball of the 15th over.