In the Caribbean Premier League 2024 game between the Trinbago Knight Riders and the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots on Saturday (August 31), renowned West Indies hitter Nicholas Pooran was blazing. The left-handed wicketkeeper-batter made 97 runs off 43 deliveries, including seven fours and nine sixes. The previous West Indies T20I captain shattered the record for most sixes in a calendar year held by batting great Chris Gayle with his spectacular innings that included nine sixes.
During the first 58 Twenty20 matches of 2024, the 28-year-old Pooran has already scored 139 sixes. During the 36 T20 matches in 2015, Gayle had smacked 135 sixes.
139* – Nicholas Pooran (2024)
135 – Chris Gayle (2015)
121 – Chris Gayle (2012)
116 – Chris Gayle (2011)
112 – Chris Gayle (2016)
101 – Chris Gayle (2017)
101 – Andre Russell (2019)
100 – Chris Gayle (2013)
In 2024, Pooran has participated in the following leagues and tournaments: the West Indies men’s cricket team, the BPL’s Rangpur Riders, the CPL’s TKR, the SA20’s Durban Super Giants, the IPL’s Lucknow Super Giants, the MLC’s MI New York, the ILT20’s MI Emirates, the men’s Hundred competition’s Northern Superchargers, and the BPL’s Rangpur Riders.
With the help of 36 sixes in the IPL 2024, the all-time highest run scorer for the Men in Maroon in Twenty20 Internationals collected 499 runs. In 13 matches for the West Indies in 2024, he has amassed 384 runs with 34 sixes.
In the third match of the CPL 2024, at Warner Park in Basseterre, St. Kitts, TKR was able to achieve a total of 250 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Pooran’s outstanding display at the bat. They subsequently restricted the hosts to 206 runs to win the match by 44 runs.
Aside from Pooran, Keacy Carty hit 73 runs off of just 35 balls for the Knight Riders. Together with Pooran, the right-handed batsman and all-rounder scored 122 runs for the fourth wicket.
