Nicholas Pooran Creates History, Breaks Chris Gayle's Massive T20 Record After Six-Hitting Storm In CPL

Nicholas Pooranset a fresh world record of a maximum of 6s in a calendar year while playing for Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL (Caribbean Premier League) 2024. He smashed 9 sixes in his 43-ball 97 & excelled Chris Gayle’s record of 135 sixes in 2015. 

Read the article and know in detail about this fresh record of Nicholas Pooran who surpassed Chris Gayle’s record recently. 

Nicholas Pooran Broke Chris Gayle’s Record

Nicholas Pooran broke the great record of Chris Gayle after knocking down Saint Kitts and Navis Patriots with a huge 97-score knock in the Caribbean Premier League. 

Chris Gayle has been famous as a Six-hitting machine throughout his cricket career, but Pooran was on a six-hitting mission and smashed 9 sixes during his innings in the CPL 2024. This supported him in taking the top spot in the special list. 

Nicholas Pooran is the best T20 player in the world of cricket. This West Indies player played the game with rage in the CPL match against Saint Kitts and Navis Patriots. 

When did Nicholas Pooran break Chris Gayle’s record?

While playing a match for Trinbago Knight Riders, Nicholas Pooran turned on and smashed 97 runs in just 43 balls. Pooran smashed 9 sixes in this innings and crossed Chris Gayle’s record. Before this, Chris Gayle was on the top of the chart of maximum sixes in a calendar year. After this inning, Nicholas Pooran replaced Gayle and came to the top of the chart. 

Chris Gayle was on the top of this list with 135 sixes since 2015 but Nicholas Pooran surpassed him with 139 sixes in his account in 2024. These sixes include his games with the Durban Super Giants, Lucknow Super Giants, MI Emirates, MI New York, Northern Superchargers (Men), Rangpur Riders, Trinbago Knight Riders, and West Indies teams. Gayle, on the other hand, achieved the record in 2015 when he smashed 135 sixes. 

In this same innings, Nicholas Pooran's amazing performance (After 73 runs in 35 balls) by Keacy Carty and they supported their team to smash a score of 250-4. The opponents crossed 200 scores but were unable to reach the target. The opposite team was only able to score 206-8 in total 20 overs. Nicholas Pooran’s team won by 44 runs. 

What other record does Nicholas Pooran Chasing?

Nicholas Pooran is also chasing the record of Maximum runs in T20s Calendar Year on which Mohammad Rizwan is standing with 2036 runs in 2021. Alex Hales is next to Mohammad Rizwan in this list with 1946 runs in 2022. Only these two players are above Nicholas Pooran in this list who currently has.1844 runs in his account. He has the probability to take the highest spot by the end of the Caribbean Premier League. 

Conclusion

Nicholas Pooran created history after breaking the historical record of Chris Gayle in the T20 format after hitting 9 sixes in the Caribbean Premier League. Read the given article and if you find the details informative, bookmark our site.