West Indies’ star batter Nicholas Pooran scripted history by scoring 36 runs in just one over during the T20 World Cup 2024 Group Group C match against Afghanistan at the Daren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet.
Nicholas Pooran impressed one and all with his stunning batting display as he smashed the Afghan bowlers to all the corners of the ground and powered his side to a 104-run win.
Notably, Pooran achieved this historic feat with the help of five wides, four leg byes, and a no-ball bowled by Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai in the fourth over of the Windies’ innings.
Afganistan’s Omarzai started his over with a full and wide delivery, which Pooran smashed for a six over the third man. In the next ball, Omarzai overstepped and it was hit for a boundary. Things kept getting bad to worse for Omarzai as his next ball went for five wides.
Yes, you read that right. It was an attempted bouncer that flew over the keeper’s head. The free hit stayed, making it more difficult for Omarzai, however, Nicholas Poora failed to make the best of it.
Luck was truly against the Afghans as the third legitimate delivery of the over clipped Pooran’s pads and went for four leg byes, beating the keeper. Pooran smashed a four and two sixes off the remaining three balls of the over to etch his name on the history books.
Meanwhile, several records were broken during the West Indies vs Afghanistan match at the Daren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet.
List Of All The Records Broken During West Indies’ Sensational Innings vs Afghanistan
Nicholas Scored the most number of runs in an over in T20Is
This was only the fifth time in the history of T20 cricket when 36 runs were scored in an over.
Most runs in an over in T20Is
36 – Yuvraj Singh (IND) vs Stuart Broad (ENG), Durban, 2007
36 – Kieron Pollard (WI) vs Akila Dananjaya (SL), Coolidge, 2021
36 – Rohit Sharma & Rinku Singh (IND) vs Karim Janat (AFG), Bengaluru, 2024
36 – Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) vs Kamran Khan (QAT), Al Amerat, 2024
36 – Nicholas Pooran & Johnson Charles (WI) vs Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG), St. Lucia, 2024
Nicholas Pooran broke Chris Gayle’s record:
Nicholas Pooran surpassed Chris Gayle for the most sixes by a West Indies player in Men’s T20I history. Pooran smashed 8 sixes against Afghanistan, taking his tally to 128 sixes in T20I cricket and surpassing the ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle’s tally of 124 sixes.
Most T20I sixes by West Indies men’s players
| Player | Sixes |
| Nicholas Pooran | 128 |
| Chris Gayle | 124 |
| Evin Lewis | 111 |
| Kieron Pollard | 99 |
| Rovman Powell | 90 |
Pooran became the joint-top six-hitter of the T20 World Cup 2024:
Nicholas Pooran’s stunning knock of 98 runs was laced with 14 fours and eight sixes. This knock pushed him right to the top of the six-hitters table of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
Most sixes in T20 World Cup 2024
| Team | Player | Total sixes |
| West Indies | Nicholas Pooran | 13 |
| USA | Aaron Jones | 13 |
| Australia | Marcus Stoinis | 10 |
| Afghanistan | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 10 |
| Australia | Travis Head | 9 |
| Scotland | George Munsey | 9 |
Highest Total for West Indies in T20I World Cup history:
The score of 218/5 by the West Indies was the highest total that they have managed to score in any edition of the T20 World Cup 2024. Their past best total was 205/6 against South Arica in Johannesburg in 2007.
West Indies’ highest totals at Men’s T20 World Cups:
| Opposition | Score |
| Afghanistan | 218/5 (2024) |
| South Africa | 205/6 (2007 |
| Australia | 205/4 (2012) |
| India | 196/3 (2016) |
| Australia | 191/8 (2012) |
Highest Powerplay scores in T20Is
West Indies scored 92 runs during the Powerplay in the game, beating the previous best Powerplay score of 91 runs by the Netherlands against Ireland at the T20I World Cup 2014.
Top-4 Highest Powerplay Scores in T20Is
| Team | Score |
| West Indies | 92 v Afghanistan (2024) |
| Netherlands | 91 v Ireland (2014) |
| England | 89 v South Africa (2016) |
| South Africa | 83 v England (2016) |
| India | 82 v Scotland (2021) |
Most runs conceded in one over:
Omarzai equaled the infamous record of most runs conceded in one over in the history of the Men’s T20 World Cup. Azmatullah Omarzai conceded a total of 36 runs in one over during the Powerplay.
Pooran smashed 3 sixes and 2 fours during Omarzai’s second over, with some wayward bowling, thanks to which, Yuvraj Singh’s long-standing record for most runs in one over was equaled.
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