Nicholas Pooran: Nicholas Puran demolished Yuvraj Singh’s record, 150 sixes in IPL
Nicholas pooran 150 sixes: Lucknow Super Gynts defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by four runs in a thrilling match in his own home ground thanks to Nicholas Puran and Mitchell Marsh’s Atishi innings. Lucknow had scored a huge score of 238 runs for three wickets in 20 overs and then stopped Kolkata for seven wickets in a tremendous struggle. This is Lucknow’s third win in five matches while Kolkata suffered a third defeat in five matches. Nicholas Puran of Lucknow received the Player of the Match award for his fiery innings.
Nicholas Puran in tremendous form
Nicholas Puran scored an unbeaten 87 runs in 36 balls against Kolkata with seven fours and eight sixes. Puran is running in tremendous form this season. He scored 75 runs against Delhi, which was Lucknow’s season opener, six fours and seven sixes in 30 balls. He also scored 70 runs against Hyderabad and he hit six sixes in his innings. Puran scored 44 runs against Punjab and hit two sixes. However, he was dismissed cheaply against Mumbai.
Yuvraj Singh came forward
In the match against Kolkata, Nicholas Puran completed his 150 sixes in the IPL. In the IPL, Puran now has 151 sixes in 78 innings of 81 matches. At the same time, former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has 149 sixes in the IPL. Yuvraj has hit 149 sixes in 132 matches in the IPL. If Puran continues to rain sixes in this way, then he can record his 200 sixes in the IPL before this season. So far, there are only 10 batsmen in the IPL, who have hit 200 or more sixes.
The most sixes batsmen in IPL
The record of hitting the most sixes in the IPL is the name of Chris Gayle, who has hit 357 sixes in 142 matches. While Rohit Sharma is second in this list, whose names are 282 sixes in the IPL. At the same time, Virat Kohli has 278 in IPL, 259 sixes in Mahendra Singh Dhoni and 251 sixes in AB de Villiers.