Nicholas Pooran, extensively thought to be one of many world’s premier T20 batters, has been appointed captain of MI New York for the upcoming 2025 season of Main League Cricket (MLC). The announcement comes only a day after the 29-year-old Trinidadian confirmed his retirement from worldwide cricket with the West Indies.
Pooran represented the West Indies in 167 matches throughout codecs, together with 106 T20 internationals — essentially the most by any West Indian. He additionally retires because the main run-scorer for the group in T20Is, amassing 2,275 runs.
He had already opted out of the continuing T20I sequence in opposition to England to relaxation following a demanding Indian Premier League (IPL) season with the Lucknow Tremendous Giants. He arguably loved his greatest 12 months in 2024, smashing a report 170 sixes in a calendar 12 months. He adopted it up with a powerful IPL 2025 marketing campaign, scoring 524 runs at a blistering strike price of 196.25, together with 5 half-centuries.
Pooran final featured for the West Indies in a T20I in opposition to Bangladesh in December 2024. He has not performed an ODI since July 2023 and has by no means represented the group in Check cricket.