Three main reasons why LSG took the right decision by appointing Nicholas Pooran as vice-captain in IPL 2024
Before the Indian Premier League 2024, Lucknow Super Giants have appointed explosive West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran as the new vice-captain of their team. Nicholas Pooran (Pic Source-Twitter) Before the Indian Premier League 2024, Lucknow Super Giants have appointed explosive West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran as the new vice-captain of their team. Let us tell you, Nicholas Pooran has been given this role in place of Indian all-rounder Krunal Pandya. KL Rahul will captain Lucknow Super Giants in the upcoming season also. However, last season, KL Rahul got injured after which Krunal Pandya had to captain the team. Now in the upcoming season, Nicholas Puran will be seen as the vice-captain of the Lucknow team. Today we will tell you the three main reasons why LSG took the right decision by making Nicholas Pooran the vice-captain of its team in IPL 2024. 1- KL Rahul can now focus on batting KL Rahul, LSG (Image Credit- Twitter) Talking about fitness, KL Rahul has not looked so good for some time. Currently, he has also missed some matches in the Test series being played against England. In the upcoming IPL season, Nicholas Puran can be seen keeping wickets for the Lucknow team in place of KL Rahul. This will remove a big burden from KL Rahul and he will be able to focus more on batting. Nicholas Pooran has been keeping wickets for the West Indies team and his role will also be very important in the upcoming IPL season.
SA20 2024: Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran are ready to debut in SA20
Pollard will be seen captaining MI Cape Town Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran (Image Credit- Twitter Former all-rounder and captain of the West Indies cricket team, Kieron Pollard is all set to debut in South Africa’s ongoing SA20 2024 league. It is noteworthy that after the injury of Rashid Khan, Pollard has been made the new captain of the MI Cape Town team. So, MI is all set to face Durban Supergiants in their first match of Cape Town SA20 today, Thursday, January 11. Let us tell you that Pollard’s former compatriot Nicholas Pooran is also going to be seen playing in this team. Kieron Pollard gave a big statement Let us tell you that regarding playing in the tournament, Pollard said – I am coming to try and bring change in the team, obviously from the team’s point of view we did not perform as well as we thought we would in the last season. Should have done. I just want to come to the team and do something for the fans. On the other hand, Nicholas Pooran, who plays for Durban Super Giants, said- First of all, let me tell you that I am not a superstar. I just want to continue the game that I have been doing for the last few years. I will try to continue this performance so that I can help my teammates. Puran further said- I am a T20 specialist, fans come from outside and watch T20 cricket. At this point I’ve gone down the path where I think it’s an amazing game. Not only the players but also the fans are attracted towards T20 cricket. Full squads of both teams for SA20 Durban Super Giants: Keshav Maharaj (captain), Quinton de Kock, Prenellan Subrayan, Kyle Mayers, Naveen Ulhak, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Reece Topley, John-John Smuts, Dwayne Pretorius, Keemo Paul, Tony De Georgi, Heinrich Klaasen, Wiaan Mulder, Noor Ahmed, Matthew Briztke, Junior Dala, Bryce Parsons, Jason Smith, Nicholas Pooran. MI Cape Town: Kieron Pollard (captain), Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brewis, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Tom Banton, Rassie van der Dussen, Delano Potgieter, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Buron Hendricks, Duane Johnson, Ollie Stone, Grant Roelofsen, Nuwan Thushara. , Chris Benjamin, Neilan van Heerden, Thomas Kaber, Connor Esterhuizen. Also read- 3 big reasons due to which Afghanistan is a threat to India even without Rashid Khan 5 Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in their career in first class cricket Top 5 batsmen who scored double century in first class cricket IND vs AFG: Captain Rohit Sharma will give chance to these 11 players, see playing XI Not only Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians have also traded these players 5 batsmen who have scored more than 3 thousand runs in T20 International matches Top 10 batsmen who hit most sixes in IPL history IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans’ playing XI will be like this under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. 5 players who have scored the most centuries while opening in all formats of cricket Those 5 memorable innings of David Warner in Test cricket which…
Caribbean batsman Nicholas Pooran has a strong plan ready for success in SA20
Pooran will be looking to perform well for Durban Super Giants in the ongoing SA20 Nicholas Pooran (Image Credit- Twitter) West Indies’ explosive batsman Nicholas Pooran has performed brilliantly in the shortest format of the game over the last few years. Whichever team he has played for, he has scored runs consistently. Nicholas Pooran has opened up about representing the Durban Super Giants in the second season of the SA20 and repeating his similar performances. Let us tell you that Durban Super Giants will face MI Cape Town in their opening match of the season. Cape Town finished bottom of the table in 2023 under Rashid Khan, but Nicholas Pooran is not going to make the mistake of taking it lightly. Puran said that whichever team can handle its weaknesses better, comes out victorious in the end. “I just want to keep doing what I have been doing for the last few years, which is consistently delivering match-winning performances and helping my teammates succeed as well,” IOL quoted Pooran as saying. This gives West Indies players another chance to improve: Pooran Ahead of the clash with MI, Pooran said that the game is played on its day, no matter who is in his team. There are many skilled players in our team and we have a very good lineup. This is a competition between bat and ball. Whoever can maintain his composure for a longer period has higher chances of winning. We are ready and we look forward to the challenge. Let us tell you that the West Indies team had failed to qualify for the 2022 T20 World Cup and 2023 ODI World Cup. Speaking on this, Pooran said that the last few years have been extremely challenging for the West Indies, but he is happy and thanks leagues like SA20 that Caribbean players get the opportunity to improve. read this also- When Indian fans became Rohit Sharma’s enemies in Australia! Former cricketer recalled a surprising incident