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A three-match T20 series was played between West Indies and South Africa. In the third and final T20 International match of the series played in Trinidad, West Indies defeated South Africa by eight wickets. The hero of this victory was Nicholas Pooran, who played a brilliant innings of 35 runs in just 13 balls. Pooran hit 2 fours and 4 sixes in this short innings, due to which West Indies dominated South Africa and registered a spectacular victory. By hitting four sixes in this match, Nicholas Pooran has come very close to a great record of Chris Gayle. Gayle made this record in the year 2015.
Pooran can break Gayle’s record
West Indies star batsman Chris Gayle hit a total of 135 sixes in T20 cricket in the year 2015. Nicholas Pooran has hit a total of 130 sixes in T20 cricket this year. Nicholas Pooran can beat Gayle in terms of hitting the most sixes in T20 cricket in a calendar year. He needs only six sixes. No other batsman has broken this record of Gayle in the last 9 years.
List of batsmen who hit the most sixes in a calendar year in T20 cricket
- 135 sixes – Chris Gayle (2015)
- 130 sixes – Nicholas Pooran (2024)
- 121 sixes – Chris Gayle (2012)
- 116 sixes – Chris Gayle (2011)
- 112 sixes – Chris Gayle (2016)
Puran is the king of sixes in T20 International as well
Nicholas Pooran currently has 144 sixes in T20 International cricket. He is third in terms of hitting the most sixes in T20 International. In 98 matches, he has scored a total of 2,195 runs at a strike rate of 138.39. Pooran has also hit 146 fours, which is a proof of his excellent batting. In terms of T20 International sixes, he is behind only India’s Rohit Sharma and New Zealand’s Martin Guptill. Rohit Sharma has hit 205 sixes in this T20 International. At the same time, Martin Guptill has 173 sixes to his name. He is the third player to hit more than 100 sixes in T20 International cricket for West Indies, in which only Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis are ahead of him.
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