Defeated West Indies by 104 runs in the last match of Group C in the ICC T20 World Cup. Batting first at the Gros Islet Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia, Nicholas Pooran’s 53-ball 98 helped West Indies to 218 for 5 in 20 overs and set Afghanistan a target of 219 to win. given the target. In reply, Afghanistan were bowled out for just 114 runs in 16.2 overs and lost the match by 104 runs. This is Afghanistan’s first defeat in the ongoing tournament, while this is West Indies’ fourth consecutive win. During this match, Nicholas Pooran set a record in his name and became the batsman who hit the most number of sixes for West Indies.
Nicholas Pooran hit six fours and eight sixes during his 98-run innings against Afghanistan to become New Zealand’s highest number of sixes in T20 Internationals. Nicholas Pooran now has 128 sixes to his name, while Chris Gayle is second on the list, having hit 124 sixes. Evan Lewis hit 111, Kieron Pollard 99 and Rovman Powell 90 sixes from West Indies.
Most sixes for West Indies in T20 Internationals
128 – Nicholas Pooran
124 – Chris Gayle
111 – Evin Lewis
99 – Kieron Pollard
90 – Rowman Powell
With this, Nicholas Pooran has completed his 500 sixes in T20 cricket. Nicholas Pooran has become the sixth batsman to hit 500 sixes in T20 cricket. Nicholas Pooran is eyeing to surpass Rohit Sharma in this list and needs only 13 sixes to do so. Let us tell you that on top of this list is Chris Gayle, who has scored 1056 runs. While Kieron Pollard is second in this list who has hit 860 sixes. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is fifth in this list having hit 514 sixes.