Pooran is Wisden T20 Cricketer of the Year

Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batting star Nicholas Pooran has been named 2024 Wisden T20 Cricketer of the Year.

Pooran had a record-breaking year averaging over 40 with the bat while blasting 2,331 runs, many of those coming from mighty sixes.

The previous record was 2036 runs scored by Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan in 2021.

Pooran has been sensational in franchise leagues around the world and also was in stellar form in West Indies colours.

He became the West Indies top T20 run-scorer in June 2024, surpassing Chris Gayle.

Pooran also struck the most sixes in a calendar year in T20 matches, 139 maximums, bettering Gayle’s 135 in 2015.