Nicholas Pooran replaces Kieron Pollard as West Indies white-ball captain

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

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Nicholas Pooran has been appointed as West Indies’ One-Day Global (ODI) and T20 captain changing Kieron Pollard, who retired from global cricket ultimate month. Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Tuesday (Might 3) introduced that Pooran will lead the West Indies facet for the T20 Global Cup 2022 and ODI Global Cup 2023.

Pooran has been Pollard’s deputy for a yr.

Pooran will now center of attention on making ready the facet for the T20 Global Cup in Australia in October this yr and the ODI Global Cup in India in October 2023.

BREAKING: Nicholas Pooran will take over the captaincy for the West Indies Males’s ODI and T20I groups following the global retirement of Kieron Pollard.

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He has already led the workforce in Pollard’s absence, a house T20 sequence win towards Australia ultimate yr.

His first project will likely be within the Netherlands on the finish of this month for 3 ODIs.

“I’m following the footsteps of a number of giants of the sport who’ve created a great legacy for West Indies cricket,” Pooran stated in a commentary.

“That is, certainly, a prestigious function, a pivotal place within the West Indian society, as cricket is the pressure that brings us all West Indians in combination. To be named captain is, certainly, the spotlight of my occupation up to now.”

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