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Nicholas Pooran, a wicketkeeper-batter from the West Indies, maintained his excellent form in T20 cricket. In the Caribbean Premier League 2024, Pooran broke Chris Gayle's nine-year record for the most sixes in a calendar year while batting. Pooran already has 139 sixes in 2024 after hitting nine in his inning against the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots on Saturday, August 31.
Since 2015, Gayle's record of 135 sixes has been surpassed by Pooran. The list includes multiple entries from the great West Indies hitter. Gayle had six entries in the top ten, making her the winner of the most sixes in a single year.
Nicholas Pooran is a sensation at CPL 2024:
| Player | Sixes | Year |
| Nicholas Pooran | 139* | 2024 |
| Chris Gayle | 135 | 2015 |
| Chris Gayle | 121 | 2012 |
| Chris Gayle | 116 | 2011 |
| Chris Gayle | 112 | 2016 |
| Chris Gayle | 101 | 2017 |
| Andre Russell | 101 | 2019 |
| Chris Gayle | 100 | 2013 |
| Glenn Phillips | 97 | 2021 |
| Kieron Pollard | 96 | 2019 |
Nicholas Pooran made history by breaking into the top 10 on the list for the first time. This season, Pooran has participated in eight Twenty20 teams, including the West Indies national team. In 58 games, he has struck 139 sixes. The batter has hit 13 fifty-score runs in his career, although he has not yet reached 100 this year. When it comes to scoring runs, Pooran puts himself far ahead of the competition. With 1844 runs so far this season, he is predicted to surpass the 2,000-run mark.
In the 12th over of the CPL encounter, Pooran broke Gayle's record when he got down on one knee and hit his sixth six of the evening against Tabraiz Shamsi over the leg side. Pooran also mentioned his fifty in twenty-one balls. The batsman, who had several key innings for LSG in the last Indian Premier League season, has been in incredible form all year. In 2024, Pooran amassed 499 runs at a remarkable strike rate of 178.21. Pooran had smashed 36 sixes in the competition.
The West Indies team failed to win the home T20 World Cup despite the wicketkeeper batter's best efforts. The Windies suffered defeats to South Africa and England before being eliminated in the Super 8 stages. Phil Salt's powerful batting performance in the England encounter overwhelmed the Windies, enabling England to chase down 181 runs with 15 balls remaining.
Keep a watch at this space for more updates on CPL 2024.
