Shah Rukh Khan’s team suddenly changed its captain, handed over command to this player

Amid the preparation of the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), news related to every franchise is coming in the headlines. In the Kolkata Knight Riders team, some players along with the captain can also be traded or released. All these speculation will be revealed in the coming season of IPL, but currently the four -time champion team of Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) has made a big change in the captaincy. The team’s co-owner Shah Rukh Khan’s franchise has announced the leadership of the team to explosive Windies batsman Nicholas Puran, handing over a new captaincy after six seasons.

Change of captaincy

The team’s old captain Kiren Pollard took over the command of TKR since 2019 and also gave the team the CPL title in 2020. Pollard has decided to give up the captaincy, giving the new generation a chance and stating the right time with the arrival of new head coach Dwayne Bravo.

Puran’s experience and IPL/MLC Career

29 -year -old left -handed batsman Puran recently said goodbye to international cricket, so that he could focus on franchise cricket. He also has a good experience of captaincy in the T20 league. In the IPL, he captained for some time for the team of Lakhu Super Giants, while in the Major League Cricket (MLC) of America, Mi New York was captained and made the team champion. Now he will use this experience in captaining for TKR in CPL.

The start and performance of a career in TKR

When Nicholas Puran was only 17 years old, he started his career in T20 cricket in 2013 with TKR’s team. After this, in 2016, he was seen playing for Barbados Royals, Puran spent 3 seasons with this team. In 2019, he played for Gayana Amazon Warriors and then returned to TKR in 2022. So far, Nicholas Puran has played a total of 114 matches in the CPL, in which he has scored 2447 runs at an average of 28 and a strike rate of 152.

Upcoming match

The first match of TKR under Puran’s captaincy will be against St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots on August 17. Born in Trinabago and raised, this captaincy is a chance to respect both personal and professional.