IPL 2025: A key factor in Lucknow’s triumph over Hyderabad on Thursday was Nicholas Pooran. With the aid of six fours and six sixes, he amassed 70 runs in 26 balls. Pooran set five records during this innings. Let’s find out.
1. Lucknow’s second-fastest fifty in the IPL
Pooran gave Lucknow the second-fastest IPL fifty. In eighteen balls he reached his half-century. He scored fifty runs in 15 balls against RCB earlier in 2023.
2. The fourth player with over 600 sixes
In T20 cricket, Nicholas Pooran is now the fourth player to hit 600 or more sixes. He joined the clubs of Andre Russell (733), Kieron Pollard (908) and Chris Gayle (1056) at this time.
3. Puran gives Lucknow a thousand runs.
Puran scored 1000 runs in the IPL for Lucknow. After KL Rahul, he became the second player to accomplish this feat.
4. For the fourth time, Puran scored 50 runs in under 20 balls.
Four times in the IPL, Puran has scored fifty runs in under twenty balls. In the process, he overtook Jack Fraser McGurk and Travis Head, who had previously accomplished this three times in the IPL.
5. After 75 innings, hit the most sixes in the IPL.
After 75 IPL innings, Puran is ranked third in terms of the most sixes he has hit. Andre Russell hit 159 sixes and Chris Gayle hit 221 during this time. At the moment Puran has 140 sixes.
Shardul and Pooran Power Lucknow to a Commanding Win!
After LSG won the toss and decided to bowl, Shardul continued his amazing comeback by taking four wickets for 34 runs letting SRH score just 190 runs for nine wickets. The Lucknow squad got off to a fast start thanks to half-centuries from Mitchell Marsh (seven fours, two sixes) and Pooran (six fours, six sixes). Ultimately, the team won easily with 193 runs for five wickets in 16.1 overs thanks of the undefeated performances of David Miller (13 not out in seven balls) and Abdul Samad (22 not out in eight balls).
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