Lucknow: West Indies veteran batsman Nicholas Pooran has given his big reaction about compatriot former opener Chris Gayle. Let us tell you that Pooran is currently in great form and has performed brilliantly for his team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Pooran is currently one of the most dangerous batsmen in T20 cricket and when his bat is in action, the opposition bowlers also forget their line and length. In the T20 World Cup, Nicholas played a brilliant innings in the match played against Afghanistan and led his team to victory.

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In this match played in St. Lucia, the left-handed batsman faced 53 balls and scored 98 runs with the help of 6 fours and 8 sixes. However, he missed out on completing his century but played the best innings of his T20I career and took his team to a score of 218 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. After this, while chasing the target, the Afghan team lost the match by 114 runs and with this the Windies won the match by 114 runs. In this match, Puran hit 8 sixes and with this he has also left Gayle behind. Gayle had hit a total of 124 sixes for his team and now Puran has 128. After playing a brilliant innings, Nicholas has given a big statement while talking to the media.

He said, “I am very happy that I have been able to continue the work he left behind. He obviously set the stage for T20 cricket. He is the definition of batting in T20 cricket. I am most happy that I have entertained people and continued the thing that Chris Gayle left behind.”

Let us tell you that the Afghan team has been performing brilliantly in this tournament so far and they have defeated a strong team like New Zealand. The Afghanistan team was undefeated in this tournament so far but they had to face a big defeat of 114 runs against West Indies. However, this team had already qualified for the Super-8 and the result of this match will not affect their entry into the next round.

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