Nicholas Pooran, West Indies’ Twenty20 record-holder for runs and appearances, retired from international cricket on Monday (June 10, 2025).
Pooran, 29, made the announcement on Instagram.
“Wearing that maroon, standing for the anthem, and giving everything I had each time I stepped on the field… it’s hard to put into words what that truly means to me,” he wrote. “To have led the team as captain is a privilege I will always hold close to my heart.”
Pooran was suspended briefly in late 2019 after admitting to ball-tampering against Afghanistan, and overcame that to be named West Indies T20 vice-captain about 18 months later for a tour by Australia. But he became captain when Kieron Pollard couldn’t play, and led the team to a 4-1 series win.
In 2022, he was named the permanent white-ball captain and took the team to that year’s T20 World Cup in Australia, but in fallout from a first-round elimination he resigned.
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West Indian Nicholas Pooran announces his retirement from international cricket at the age of 29 which brought shock waves around cricketing circles.
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Announcing his retirement on Instagram, Pooran said “Wearing that maroon, standing for the anthem, and giving everything I had each time I stepped on the field… it’s hard to put into words what that truly means to me,” he wrote. “To have led the team as captain is a privilege I will always hold close to my heart.”
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Nicholas Pooran was suspended briefly in late 2019 after admitting to ball-tampering against Afghanistan, and overcame that to be named West Indies T20 vice-captain about 18 months later for a tour by Australia. But he became captain when Kieron Pollard couldn’t play, and led the team to a 4-1 series win.
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Nicholas Pooran starred when the West Indies hosted the T20 World Cup last year, overtaking Chris Gayle as the team’s all-time leading scorer, and hitting his highest T20 score, 98 against Afghanistan.
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Nicholas Pooran has not represented his country in the Tests, but has played 61 ODIs scoring 1,983 runs at an average of 39.66 with three centuries at a strike rate of 99.15. He also has represented in 106 T20 internationals scoring 2275 runs at an average of 26.14 with 98 being his highest score. His strike rate in T20Is is 136.39. He has also taken 6 wickets in ODIs.
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Cricket West Indies praised Pooran as a game-changer, and with “sincere gratitude and appreciation … for his outstanding contributions. His performances on the field and influence within the team have made a lasting impact on West Indies cricket.”
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Representing Lucknow Super Giants in the just concluded IPL, Nicholas Pooran has hit the most number of sixes in the tournamnet viz. 40.
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Though it is not immediately known whether Nicholas Pooran will be representing in the franchises he has signed for, he has played 398 T20s and has scored 9166 runs at an average of 29.47 with three centuries with a healthy strike rate of 150.53
Published – June 10, 2025 09:43 am IST
