Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer defended the decision to send Nicholas Pooran in Sunday’s Super Over against Kolkata Knight Riders, despite the batter’s poor form, after the move backfired in their fifth straight defeat in Indian Premier League 2026.
Over the past five weeks, the cricketing world has witnessed several big names announcing their international retirement. It began on May 7 when Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket before being joined by the talismanic Virat Kohli five days later, quitting the longest format.
Akeal Hosein, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, and Andre Russell, who missed the recent Sri Lanka tour due to personal reasons, rejoin the squad picked by Cricket West Indies (CWI) for the first two games of the upcoming T20I series against England
Following his side’s T20I series loss to West Indies, Indian coach Rahul Dravid said that the lack of batting depth…
The first T20 had ended in a 'no result' after the rains disrupted the first innings, and the match could not be resumed after that.
While Pooran was set to re-join the club for the T20 Blast, left-arm spinner Maharaj was due to play the first couple of matches in the county championship.
Within six months, Pooran, now of 24, has proved his worth with 20 boundaries and nine sixes in three ODIs and with an ODI average of 52 in 19 games looks to be one for the future.
Navdeep Saini, who was handed his maiden ODI cap prior, was the pick of the bowlers and ended with figures of 2 for 57 runs in his quota of 10 overs.
In a media interaction ahead of the ODI series, which begins in Chennai on Sunday, said the team's young cricketers like Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran must learn from opposition skipper Virat Kohli.
Walsh credited his consistent show in the Caribbean Premier League as one of the reasons for his success.
