Nicholas Pooran created a record, scored the second fastest half-century in IPL history, created havoc

In the 15th match of IPL 2023 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow Supergiants created a sensation with stormy batting and got rid of Bangalore bowlers for sixes. Won by one wicket on the last ball in a very exciting match. The superhero of this match was Nicholas Pooran, who scored the second fastest half-century in the history of IPL.

 

Nicholls tore apart the RCB bowlers and brought up his half-century in just 15 balls. Please tell that this is the fastest second half-century in this season. Along with this, Puran scored an inning of 62 runs in just 19 balls with the help of seven fours and four sixes. Before Nicholls, Ajinkya Rahane had scored a half-century in 19 balls while Shardul Thakur of Kolkata Knight Riders had scored 50 runs in 20 balls.

 

Please tell that Nicholas Pooran came out to bat at number six when Lucknow’s team’s score was 105 runs and the team was looking very difficult. As soon as he reached the crease, Pooran batted furiously and with that the match was completely in favor of Lucknow. Nicholas put the match in the account of the Lucknow team but during this time he lost his wicket on the last ball of the 16th over. But after this innings of Nicholas, Lucknow needed 24 runs in three overs.

 

Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul was full of praise for Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis. Rahul said, “Unbelievable. Chinnaswamy Stadium where I grew up playing and here most of the matches results come on the last ball. “He said,” We knew that chasing such a big target would not be easy. They bowled well in the powerplay but if we win matches it is because of Pooran and Stoinis. This is the reason why we took strong players like Pooran, Stoinis and Ayush Badoni in the team. Badoni is learning to play the finisher.

 

Lucknow Supergiants middle-order batsman Nicholas Pooran also credited seamer Mark Wood’s last over win against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to restrict the hosts to 212 runs. got help. Wood conceded only nine runs in the final over of RCB’s innings and dismissed the explosive Glenn Maxwell. In the end, his effort proved to be important. Lucknow registered a thrilling one-wicket win despite losing three wickets for 23 runs in the power play. West Indies wicket-keeper batsman Pooran played a blistering knock of 62 off just 19 balls. He brought up his half-century off just 15 balls and shared a crucial 84-run partnership with Ayush Badoni.

 

Puran said after the match, “Definitely it was a very good pitch. Mark Wood’s last over was brilliant to keep us in the game. I am not really surprised with today’s performance. It was a good pitch and the boundary was small. “He said,” I believe that a target of more than 220 runs would have put extra pressure on us psychologically but in front of the target of 213 runs, we felt that it could be achieved. ”

 

Pooran credited RCB bowlers Wayne Parnell and Mohammed Siraj for taking wickets early but added that every team in the IPL has good batsmen in the lower order as well and one or two good partnerships can turn a match. He said, “Credit definitely goes to RCB bowlers Parnell and Siraj but it is a game of cricket. Each team has a tall batting line-up. We bounced back from the partnership between KL Rahul and Marcus Stoinis. Especially Stoinis batted brilliantly. With this we got the required rhythm.