Another powerful attack from Nicholas Pooran has been seen in CPL 2024. He has written a stormy story of his another century on the CPL pitch. On September 29, against Guyana Amazon Warriors, he hit sixes one after the other, brought a storm of runs, and in doing so gave a big win to his team Trinbago Knight Riders. Nicholas Pooran not only scored a century or led the team to victory based on it but also broke a record for Trinbago Knight Riders.
In the match, Trinbago Knight Riders batted first, whose first wicket fell on just 1 run but the real game started after that because Nicholas Pooran had come to the crease. Nicholas Pooran started scoring runs as soon as he came, a sight that everyone enjoyed to the fullest. Even Jason Roy, who was standing with him at the wicket.
Nicholas Pooran and Jason Roy shared a 152-run partnership for the second wicket, which is a new record for the highest partnership for any wicket for Trinbago Knight Riders in T20. Earlier this record was in the name of Dwayne Bravo and Hashim Amla, who had added 150 runs.
Jason Roy scored only 34 runs in a 152-run partnership with Nicholas Pooran. Nicholas' bat continued to rain even after Roy was out. He scored 109 runs facing 59 balls, which included 8 sixes and 9 fours. This was Nicholas Pooran's first century in CPL 2024 and his third century of the entire CPL career.
Nicholas' wicket fell in the 17th over, after which no other batsman did anything special. Captain Kieron Pollard remained unbeaten on 19 runs. Trinbago Knight Riders scored 211 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs.
Now Guyana Amazon Warriors had a target of 212 runs to win, which they fell short by 74 runs. No batsman from Guyana played a big innings, which also affected the scoreboard. In front of Trinbago's brilliant bowling, the entire team was all out after scoring 137 runs in 18.5 overs.
