Nicholas Pooran announces retirement: West Indies cricket team batsman Nicholas Pooran has shocked the cricketing world by announcing his retirement from international cricket at the age of 29. Pooran announced on social media. He said it was a very difficult decision to make at such a young age. For the West Indies Cricket team he played 61 ODIs and 106 T20 Internationals. Pooran played a total of 167 international matches and scored more than 4000 runs.
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Nicholas Pooran bids farewell to international cricket
His decision to retire from international cricket at such a young age surprised everyone. Pooran is one of the best batsmen in the West Indies, and his performance in limited-overs matches was also very good. While announcing his retirement, Pooran wrote After much thought, I have decided to retire from international cricket. Nicholas Pooran captained the West Indies in T20 cricket. The next T20 World Cup will be held in India and Sri Lanka. But Pooran’s decision, taken 8 months before this World Cup, has raised many questions for West Indies cricket.
In IPL 2025, Nicholas Pooran represented the Lucknow Super Giants and played under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant. Lucknow retained him for this season for ₹21 crore. Pooran scored 524 runs at a strike rate of 200 in the 14 league matches he played for Lucknow in IPL 2025 and was in excellent form.
Played 167 matches for the West Indies
Nicholas Pooran made his international debut in 2016 and last represented the West Indies in an ODI in July 2023. He was named in the squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup and played his most recent T20I match in December 2024. Pooran captained the West Indies T20I team from 2021 to 2022. In his ODI career, he scored 1,983 runs in 61 matches, including three centuries, while in T20Is, he amassed 2,275 runs in 106 appearances.
