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Nicholas Pooran after 5th T20I vs India (Image Source: Twitter)
West Indies managed to win the fifth and last game of the five-match T20I series vs India. Thus, they bagged the series 3-2. Speaking of the match, India batted first and set a 166-run target for the Windies. In reply, the Windies managed to chase it down in just 18 overs with eight wickets in hand. Romario Shepherd won the Player of the Match award. But during the chase, it was Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran’s 107-run partnership for the second wicket that helped them to win the match with ease.
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Pooran scored 47 runs off 35 balls while King remained not out on 85* runs off 55 balls. But, during the match, Pooran got hit once by Arshdeep SIngh’s delivery and once by a shot from his teammate, Brandon King. Team India's pacer’s delivery hit him in the abdomen while King’s shot hit his left forearm as he was at the non-striker end. The Windies wicketkeeper shared an image of him with those bruises on his Instagram story and wrote: “The after effects thank you Brandon King and Arshdeep Singh”. Seeing that, fans shared their views on social media.
Here is the shared image:
The shot of Brandon King which hit Nicholas Pooran's hand and the delivery from Arshdeep Singh which hit Pooran on the stomach. pic.twitter.com/t6Qx7B4lfp
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 14, 2023
“We asked him to stand up for three out of fives games.” - Rovman Powell on Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran also won the Player of the Series award for scoring 176 runs. Recently, he helped Mumbai Indians New York (MI NY) to clinch the inaugural season for Major League Cricket (MLC). Speaking of the series, it was the first time for West Indies to win a bilateral series against India since 2016.
After the win, the WI skipper, Rovman Powell termed this series win massive and heaped praises for Pooran. He said: “It's a big series. It's a very big series for us to beat India at home with everything going on. I am big on individual performances and when individuals do well it helps the teams. Pooran is a big performer. We asked him to stand up for three out of five games.”
Here is how fans have reacted:
Ab to sharam kar le bumrah
— Em! (@Insane__Emi) August 14, 2023
No pain no gain
— STARK (@Stark3OOO) August 14, 2023
He is a real man 💪
— monkey d luffy 2.O (@monkedluffy894) August 14, 2023
A true fighter and best player of the series 🫡👏
— Cactus (@StoxTuber) August 14, 2023
OMG💀
— msd_stan (@bdrijalab) August 14, 2023
I can feel his pains 😢
— भिकु 🔥👇 (@bhiku_07) August 14, 2023
Warrior 🔥🔥, KL Rahul’s trying in Lsg camp changed him a lot
— User45 (@140off113) August 14, 2023
Well played nickyp!
— dotΞxe (@dotexe786) August 14, 2023
Khaal si utaar di
— Amit Sharma (@AmitSharmaoffic) August 14, 2023