Published: Sep 28, 2024, 04:02 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 28, 2024, 04:02 PM (IST)
West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran made history on Friday at Tarouba, breaking Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan’s world record for most runs in T20s in a calendar year.
Pooran achieved this record in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024 game for his side Trinbago Knight Riders against Barbados Royals. In the match, Pooran continued his red-hot form and played an impressive knock of 27 runs off 15 balls consisting of 4 boundaries and a six.
This knock, along with fine scores from skipper Kieron Pollard (42), Keacy Carty (32) and Andre Russell (31), took the team to 175/7, which they defended successfully by restricting Barbados to 145/9.
Pooran is the leading run-getter in T20s this year, with 2,059 runs in 66 matches with a strike rate of 160.85 and best score of 98. He has scored 14 half-centuries this year which is quite astonishing.
With the knock, he broke the record for most T20 runs in a calendar year which was previously held by Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan who scored 2,036 runs in 48 T20s back in 2021 at an average of 56.60. He had a century and 18 fifties to his name as well.
In CPL 2024, Pooran has scored 312 runs in 9 innings at an average of 39.00, with a strike rate of 175.28 and best score of 97. He has 2 half-centuries in the competition and is the fourth-highest run-getter.
Pooran has displayed some great performances throughout the year, first in the Indian Premier League where he scored 499 runs and then in the T20 World Cup 2024 where he was the sixth-highest run-scorer of the competition with 228 runs and a highest score of 98.
