MI New York stand-in captain Nicholas Pooran slammed a belligerent 40-ball hundred within the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2023 last towards the Seattle Orcas on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Sunday.
Chasing a 184-run goal for the inaugural MLC title, Pooran walked in at quantity three within the first over after opener Steven Taylor fell for a three-ball duck.
Pooran instantly took on the bowlers to slam a 16-ball half-century and continued the momentum by launching towering maximums. Pooran turned the second batter to attain 100 within the event with six fours and 10 maximums.
The 27-year-old took over the management duties for the facet within the event after an harm to Kieron Pollard.
Pooran’s ton is the third-quickest by a West Indian in T20 cricket, behind Chris Gayle’s 30-ball hundred for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2013 and Johnson Charles’ 39-ball ton for West Indies earlier this 12 months in South Africa.
The former Windies captain has amassed almost 5500 runs in his 277-match T20 profession with two tons and 29 half-centuries.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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