New Delhi. Lucknow Super Giants defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets on Friday to reach number one in the point table. Lucknow defeated Delhi Capitals in the first match, while they had to face defeat against Chennai Super Kings. LSG’ wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran may not have been able to play big innings in IPL 2023 yet, but his strike rate is close to 176 after 3 matches. Puran is the team’s top scorer after Kyle Myers.

Nicholas Pooran is the Most Expensive Wicket-Keeper Batsman of the 16th Edition of IPL

Former West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran is the most expensive wicket-keeper batsman of the 16th edition of IPL. In the mini auction, Lucknow Super Giants bought him for Rs 16 crore. Puran is the first player of West Indies, who got such a huge amount in IPL. However, there was a time when Nicholas Pooran’s cricket career was on the verge of ending.

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Strong Recovery After Surgery

Like Team India’s wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran was a victim of a horrific car accident in 2015. Both his legs were badly injured in the accident. Nicholas Pooran was 19 years old at that time. After several surgeries, the doctors asked Puran to forget cricket. He was advised to stay away from the ground. However, ignoring all these things, Puran kept preparing for his return to the field. Nicolas was supported by his childhood friend Catherine Miguel in difficult times. Puran managed to return to the field only after a year. West Indies explosive batter married Catherine Miguel in 2020.

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Nicholas Pooran started his IPL career in 2017 with Mumbai Indians. However, he did not get a chance to play a single match. After this, Puran created a lot of furor with the bat in the second T20 league and at the international level. In 2018, Kings XI Punjab bought him for 4.20 crores. Nicholas Pooran’s bat spoke fiercely in IPL 2019 and he hit 353 runs. During this, he had hit 25 sixes.