Mohammad Rizwan got a big shock, his world record was broken, West Indies batsman won

Caribbean Premier League 2024 is currently being played in the West Indies. In this league, West Indies star batsman Nicholas Pooran is seen in great form. He has played many important innings this season and is breaking records one after the other. In the match being played between the teams of Trinbago Knight Riders and Barbados Royals, Nicholas Pooran did another big feat. This time he broke the world record of Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan. This record was made by Mohammad Rizwan in the year 2021.

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Rizwan made a big record in the year 2021. He scored 2036 runs in T20 cricket that year, which was the world record for most runs in a calendar year of T20 cricket. But now this record has been broken. In the current year, Nicholas Pooran has scored even more runs than this. Nicholas Pooran now has 2059 runs in the year 2024 and he has now become the batsman who has scored the most runs in a calendar year of T20 cricket.

Nicholas Pooran, playing for Trinbago Knight Riders, scored 27 runs off 15 balls against Barbados Royals. During this, Pooran hit 4 fours and 1 six. During this innings, Nicholas Pooran broke the world record of Mohammad Rizwan by scoring just 5 runs. Let us tell you, Nicholas Pooran is only the second batsman in the world to cross the 2000 run mark in a calendar year of T20 cricket. Earlier, only Rizwan could reach this figure.

Nicholas Pooran recently also made the record for hitting the most sixes in a calendar year of T20 cricket. He has crossed the mark of 150 sixes this year. Nicholas Pooran is also the first batsman in the history of T20 cricket to hit 150 sixes in a year. Earlier, the record of hitting the most sixes in a calendar year of T20 cricket was in the name of Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle hit 135 T20 sixes in the year 2015.