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West Indies' explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran rued being run out on 98 as he missed out on 100 in opposition to Afghanistan of their final Group C match of the T20 World Cup 2024 on the Daren Stadium Nationwide Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. Nevertheless, the wicketkeeper-batsman was completely happy to contribute to the group's win. West Indies crushed Afghanistan by 104 runs in a one-sided encounter. Pooran, who was adjudged Participant of the Match for his good innings of 98 in opposition to Afghanistan, created a number of data throughout his match-winning innings.
Pooran mentioned he assessed the circumstances accurately and believes everybody needs to see fours and sixes in T20 cricket but it surely was not straightforward to take action in every match.
“You don't wish to get run out on 98, but it surely was about attending to a good rating. I assessed the circumstances early on, we received off to a superb begin within the powerplay, I needed to take accountability within the center overs in opposition to the Afghanistan spinners,” Puran mentioned after the match.
Praising his group, the batsman mentioned that West Indies have carried out constantly properly not solely within the ongoing World Cup but in addition within the final 13-14 months and have reached the third place within the ICC rankings.
He mentioned, “I felt it was my evening and I might play it. It’s tough to hit the ball when it’s a bit gradual and spinning, however once you get a superb wicket like this, it’s best to benefit from it and benefit from the circumstances. This isn’t a matter of as we speak, it began 12-14 months in the past. We’re constantly performing properly as a group and have reached third place within the rankings. Within the final match, Rutherford took benefit of the chance and performed brilliantly. He impressed us.”
In the course of the match in opposition to Afghanistan, Puran's good innings of 98 runs was the very best rating by any participant on this T20 World Cup, surpassing the unbeaten 94 scored by USA's Aaron Jones in opposition to Canada in Dallas.
Afghanistan pacer Azmatullah Umarzai set an undesirable report, conceding a complete of 36 runs in an over throughout the powerplay. Pooran smashed three sixes and a 4 in Umarzai's second over, which additionally included some haphazard bowling, which meant that Yuvraj Singh's outdated report for many runs in an over within the males's T20 World Cup was equalled.
Pooran hit eight sixes in opposition to Afghanistan, taking his tally of sixes in T20 cricket to 128, surpassing West Indies nice Chris Gayle's tally of 124 sixes.
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