Nicholas pooran captain news: West Indies stormy batsman Nicholas Puran has been in the discussion for the last 24 hours. Puran on Tuesday surprised the whole world by retiring from international cricket at the age of 29. Now 24 hours after retirement, he has been made the captain of Mumbai Indians team Mi New York in Major League Cricket League.
The team, which won the first session of MLC, wrote on social media X, “Captain Nicholas Puran will be the new commander of our team.” In the IPL, the team of Reliance Industries, the owner of Mumbai Indians in the IPL, wrote, “The left -handed wicket -keeper batsman is one of the most dangerous batsmen in the world. Puran, sitting on the peak of his career, will take the team to new heights with his captaincy.”
Kiran Pollard was the captain of New York before Puran
Nicholas Puran scored 388 runs in the 2023 MLC session. Its third session will start on Thursday. MI New York also has star cricketers like Quinton Dickock, Kiran Pollard and Rashid Khan. Prior to Puran, the captain of this team was Keran Pollard.
Nicholas Puran, who played 106 T20 matches for the West Indies, has scored 2,275 runs at a strike rate of 136.39. He has scored 1983 runs at a strike rate of 99.15 by playing 61 ODIs. Puran has said goodbye to international cricket without making her debut in Test cricket.
Puran kept himself out of selection in the Caribbean team for the T20 series against England after playing the full season of IPL 2025 for Lucknow Super Giants. The West Indies had to face a clean sweep in the T20 series against England.
He has not played ODI cricket since the World Cup 2023 qualifiers were out of the West Indies. He played the last match for the West Indies in December 2024 against Bangladesh. He has also captained the West Indies team.
