Nicholas Pooran’s Top 3 Performances in ODI Cricket 

Cricket fans were left shocked when it came to light that Nicholas Pooran has decided to hang up his boots from the international format. Pooran was just 29 years old, and this decision took many by surprise. The left-handed batter was considered one of the best attacking batters to play for the West Indies in the white-ball format. 

Pooran played a total of 61 ODI games and scored 1983 runs with an average of 39, with three tons and 11 fifties. Pooran made his ODI debut at the age of 23 against England at Bridgetown and was out for a four-ball duck. The left-handed batter’s last ODI game was against Sri Lanka, which came in 2023, when the West Indies were trying to qualify for the ODI World Cup later that year. 

Here are Nicholas Pooran’s top 3 performances in ODI cricket

3. 104 vs Holland -2023

Pooran’s third and final ODI century came against the Netherlands at the Takashinga Sports club in Harare. West Indies scored a massive 374 as Pooran was not out on 104 off just 65 balls with nine boundaries and six huge sixes. Brandon King (74) and Johnson Charles (54) saw the West Indians post a huge score on the board. Incredibly, it was the Dutch who won the game as Anil Nidamuru scored a century, and the game ended in a tie. The Netherlands won the game in a Super Over as the West Indies were knocked out of the qualifying stages of the tournament.

2. 115 vs Nepal – 2023

Nicholas Pooran scored his second ODI ton in the 2023 World Cup qualifier game against Nepal. West Indies batting first scored 339 runs for the loss of seven wickets as Shai Hope and Pooran added 216 runs for the fourth wicket. Pooran scored 115 runs from 94 balls with 10 hits to the fence and four huge sixes. Hope, who was leading the side, scored 132 off 129 balls with 10 fours and three sixes. Nepal, batting second, were all out for 238 as West Indies won the game by 101 runs.

1. 118 vs Sri Lanka -2019

Having been picked for the 2019 ODI World Cup, Pooran played a key innings in the game against Sri Lanka at the Riverside ground. Sri Lanka batted first and scored 338 thanks to 104 by Avishka Fernando and 64 from Kusal Perera. The West Indians were able to end up with 315 on the board thanks to Pooran’s 118, which came off 103 balls with 11 fours and four huge sixes. Pooran was the eighth man out, and till he was in the middle, the West Indians had entertained hopes of winning the game. In the end, Sri Lanka won the game by 23 runs despite Pooran’s heroics. 

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