Nicholas Pooran smashes 75 versus MI, surpasses 7,000 T20 runs
Nicholas Pooran pulled the Lucknow Super Giants out from a hole against Mumbai Indians in Match 67 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season on Friday at the Wankhede Stadium. LSG's innings had no intent as they were 69/3 after 9.3 overs when Pooran walked in. He was aggressive from the start and butchered the MI bowlers. Here are the key stats.
A massive knock under the circumstances
LSG didn't get an impetus as MI bowled well. Pooran came in and faced three dot balls off Piyush Chawla. He got into the act, smoking Ankush Kamboj for a six next. Kamboj's next over freed Pooran's arms as the latter dealt in boundaries. Hardik Pandya, Arjun Tendulkar and Naman Dhir weren't spared thereafter. Pooran smashed Nuwan Thusara next before the latter dismissed him.
Pooran added 109 runs alongside KL Rahul
Pooran and skipper KL Rahul added 109 runs for the fourth wicket. Pooran was the chief contributor in this partnership. The two helped LSG get a move on. Pooran was dismissed in the 17th over and two more wickets fell on the same score. LSG were 178/6 from 178/3. Ayush Badoni and Krunal Pandya's cameos helped LSG get to 214/6 in 20 overs.
Pooran attains these feats
Pooran got to his fifty from just 19 balls. It's the second-fastest fifty for LSG. Pooran's 15-ball half-century against RCB is atop. As per Cricbuzz, Pooran smashed his third fifty under 15 balls in the IPL. He has equalled the likes of Jake Fraser-McGurk and Travis Head in terms of most IPL fifties scored in less than 20 balls.
Pooran finishes with 499 runs in IPL 2024
Pooran hit eight sixes and five fours in his knock of 75. He struck at 258.62. With this effort, the southpaw finished his IPL 2024 season with 499 runs from 14 matches at 62.37. Pooran hit his third fifty. He registered 36 sixes and 35 fours (SR: 178.21). Overall, Pooran has managed 1,769 runs from 76 IPL matches at 32.16 (50s: 9).
7,000 T20 runs for Pooran
As per ESPNcricinfo, playing his 329th match (306 innings), Pooran has surpassed 7,000 runs in T20 cricket. He owns 7,003 runs at 27.35. The West Indian power-hitter has 39 fifties (100s: 2). Pooran surpassed 450 fours (451) and owns 489 sixes (SR: 147.55).
