Chris Gayle’s big record was broken
T20 World Cup 2024: Nicholas Pooran Records: New records are being made in the T20 World Cup 2024. Although in some matches the batsmen are yearning to score runs, in some matches runs are being scored in a explosive manner. Meanwhile, the league stage is now over. After this, the Super 8 matches will start. The last match of the league phase of the T20 World Cup was played between West Indies and Afghanistan. During this, the team’s dashing batsman Nicholas Pooran batted in a stormy manner and succeeded in breaking the record of his old teammate Chris Gayle.
Nicholas Pooran hit the most sixes in T20 Internationals for West Indies
Chris Gayle used to be the batsman who hit the most sixes in T20 International for West Indies so far. He hit 124 sixes in this format of cricket during his career. He was number one for the last several years. But now Nicholas Pooran has left him behind. Nicholas Pooran has now hit 128 sixes in T20 International, that is, he has reached four more sixes than Chris Gayle. In the match played between West Indies and Afghanistan, Pooran hit 8 sixes during his innings.
Pooran became the highest run scorer in T20 Internationals for West Indies
Not only this, Puran also scored 2012 runs in T20 International for West Indies during this period. He is the first batsman from West Indies to touch the 2000 mark in this format. Earlier, Chris Gayle’s name was there here too, who has scored 1899 runs in this format for his team. Now Nicholas Puran has got his name written here too by leaving Chris Gayle behind. Puran scored 98 runs in 53 balls against Afghanistan. Due to his innings, the West Indies team won, but Puran missed out on completing his century by just two runs.
West Indies will face these teams in Super 8
The West Indies team has already reached the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 2024 being played at home. Now all the matches will be played on different grounds in the West Indies. In the Super 8, the West Indies team will be seen playing against USA, South Africa and England. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how the team manages to perform in the rest of the World Cup.
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