Nicholas Pooran: Today, in the list of explosive batsmen of the world, one name of the great West Indies player and left-handed batsman Nicholas Pooran also comes. This player has continuously beaten many bowlers in the last few years, from international cricket to different T20 leagues.

You will be surprised to know that before coming on the big stage, Puran has made his mark in Under-19 cricket also. In the quarter-finals of the 2014 Under-19 World Cup, the 29-year-old player had shown the stars to the Australian bowlers during the day. Today in this article we are going to discuss about the same historical innings played by the West Indies cricketer. Let us know in detail.

When Nicholas Pooran made ghost of Australian bowlers

Actually this incident happened on 23 February 2014. The second quarter-final match of the Under-19 World Cup (ICC U19 World Cup) was being played. The teams of West Indies and Australia were face to face. If we talk about this match, West Indies had decided to bat first after winning the toss. The batting of this team that came to bat first was very shameful. This team had lost its 8 wickets for only 70 runs.

However, after this, Nicholas Pooran not only took charge of the team but also batted in style. This left-handed batsman played an excellent inning of 143 runs facing 160 balls. His innings included 14 fours and 6 sixes. During this, Puran defeated the Australian bowlers with a strike rate of 89.37.

The condition of this match was like this

Thanks to the brilliant innings of Nicholas Pooran, West Indies scored 208 runs in 49.5 overs. In response, Australia achieved this target in just 46.4 overs. Kangaroo team may have won this match by 5 wickets, but due to the fighting innings of Puran, this match was recorded in the pages of history.

Let us tell you that till now this strong cricketer has played 61 ODI and 98 T20 matches for West Indies. He has 1983 runs in his name in ODI and 2195 runs in T20.