Before the T20 World Cup 2026, Cricket West Indies has suffered a big blow from one of its players. Star player Nicholas Pooran surprised everyone by retiring from international cricket at a young age last year. The board wants their strong player to take back his retirement and play T20 World Cup for them, but he has rejected this demand.

Cricket West Indies’ Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe has admitted that Nicholas Pooran was contacted. The board wanted the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026 with a strong team. Miles said, “We made every effort to ensure that the best players represent the West Indies team in the tournament. We also discussed the possibility of a comeback, but Nicholas stuck to his decision.” He also told that Puran had retired keeping the T20 World Cup 2026 in mind.

West Indies will miss Nicholas Pooran

Puran is considered one of the most lethal batsmen of T20, who is adept in delivering big hits as soon as he arrives. His fielding is also excellent. He has also impressed as a wicketkeeper. Overall a complete package, but he retired at a young age. The international cricket journey of many players has started around the age of 30, one of them is Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav. But Puran said goodbye to international cricket at the age of 29.

T20 World Cup will be played in India and Sri Lanka, West Indies cricket team is included in Group C. All the matches of this group will be played in India. Puran has played and is playing a lot of cricket in the Indian Premier League, he knows the pitches here very well but he will not be able to give its advantage to his national team.

Nicholas Puran plays in league cricket

Puran, who has retired from international cricket, plays in T20 leagues around the world. Seeing his form, Cricket West Indies wanted to bring him back into the team, but he did not listen to the board and gave his answer to the board. When the board also discussed the possibility of a comeback, Puran told them that he had retired keeping the T20 World Cup in mind, so there is no question of a comeback.

West Indies Cricket has not yet announced its squad for the T20 World Cup 2026. It is likely that the team will finalize its plans after the T20 series against Afghanistan.

Cricketers Retired in 2025: The year 2025 was memorable for cricket lovers, but also emotional in many ways. This year, not one, two or three, but a total of 11 big international cricket stars shocked the fans by retiring. These players not only broke the records in their career, but also won crores of hearts. This year, legendary players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith broke the hearts of crores of fans by retiring. Let’s know who are 11 players who retired in 2025.

11 veteran players who retired in the year 2025

1- Virat Kohli- Indian veteran batsman Kohli shocked everyone by retiring from Test cricket last month. Kohli has played 123 Test matches for India. During this, he has scored 9230 runs. Kohli has scored 30 centuries in Test cricket.

2- Rohit Sharma- Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma has also said goodbye to Test cricket last month. Rohit played 67 Test matches for India. During this, he scored 4301 runs with the help of 10 centuries.

3- Steve Smith- Australian veteran batsman Steve Smith retired from ODI cricket after the Champions Trophy. Smith has scored 5,800 runs in 170 ODIs thanks to 12 centuries.

4- Glenn Maxwell- Australia’s finest all -rounder Glenn Maxwell has also retired from ODI cricket. Maxwell has scored 3990 runs in 149 ODIs. He has also taken 77 wickets.

5- Marcus Stoinis- The all -rounder of Australia shocked everyone by retiring from ODI cricket just before the Champions Trophy. Stoinis has scored 1495 runs in 74 ODIs and has taken 48 wickets.

6- Heinrich Klassen- South Africa’s wicketkeeper batsman surprised everyone by retiring in all the formats of cricket at the age of just 33 years. Klassen has played four Tests, 60 ODIs and 58 T20 matches for South Africa.

7- Martin Guptill- New Zealand’s best batsman Martin Guptill retired from cricket at the beginning of the year. He has played 47 Tests, 198 ODIs and 122 T20 matches for New Zealand.

8- Dimuth Karunaratne- Sri Lankan’s finest batsman Dimuth Karunaratne also retired from all the formats of cricket this year. Dimuth has scored 7222 in 100 Tests for Sri Lanka and 1316 runs in 50 ODIs.

9- Angelo Mathews – Sri Lankan legendary batsman Angelo Mathews has also retired from Test cricket. Mathews has scored 8214 runs in Test cricket by playing 119 matches.

10- Nicholas Puran- West Indies explosive batsman Nicholas Puran surprised everyone by retiring from all formats of international cricket at the age of 29.

11- Mushfiqur Rahim- Bangladesh wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim announced his retirement from ODI cricket after the Champions Trophy. Mushfiqur has played 274 ODIs for Bangladesh. During this, he has scored 7795 runs.

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Nicholas pooran captain news: West Indies stormy batsman Nicholas Puran has been in the discussion for the last 24 hours. Puran on Tuesday surprised the whole world by retiring from international cricket at the age of 29. Now 24 hours after retirement, he has been made the captain of Mumbai Indians team Mi New York in Major League Cricket League.

The team, which won the first session of MLC, wrote on social media X, “Captain Nicholas Puran will be the new commander of our team.” In the IPL, the team of Reliance Industries, the owner of Mumbai Indians in the IPL, wrote, “The left -handed wicket -keeper batsman is one of the most dangerous batsmen in the world. Puran, sitting on the peak of his career, will take the team to new heights with his captaincy.”

Kiran Pollard was the captain of New York before Puran

Nicholas Puran scored 388 runs in the 2023 MLC session. Its third session will start on Thursday. MI New York also has star cricketers like Quinton Dickock, Kiran Pollard and Rashid Khan. Prior to Puran, the captain of this team was Keran Pollard.

Nicholas Puran, who played 106 T20 matches for the West Indies, has scored 2,275 runs at a strike rate of 136.39. He has scored 1983 runs at a strike rate of 99.15 by playing 61 ODIs. Puran has said goodbye to international cricket without making her debut in Test cricket.

Puran kept himself out of selection in the Caribbean team for the T20 series against England after playing the full season of IPL 2025 for Lucknow Super Giants. The West Indies had to face a clean sweep in the T20 series against England.

He has not played ODI cricket since the World Cup 2023 qualifiers were out of the West Indies. He played the last match for the West Indies in December 2024 against Bangladesh. He has also captained the West Indies team.

West Indies explosive batsman Nicholas Puran surprised everyone by announcing his retirement. He is only 29 years old. Fans were also trolling them that they left international cricket at such a young age by keeping league cricket priority. Now the next day of his retirement, he has been given a big responsibility by the MI New York team, he has appointed him his new captain.

Nicholas Puran played for the same franchise in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, he scored 388 runs in 8 matches, so the next season he scored 180 runs in 7 matches. In both the season, he has played 1 century and 3 half -century innings.

Nicholas Puran replaces Kiron Pollard

Nicholas Puran has become the new captain of Mi New York team in Major League cricket, before Kiron Pollard of his country was the captain of this franchise. Pollard has also played for Mumbai Indians. MI New York is also a Mumbai -owned team, which is owned by Reliance Industries.

Nicholas Puran plays in many big T20 leagues around the world. He is playing for the Indian Premier League in the last 3 seasons. This season (2025) was a lot of his bat, although his team could not make a place in the playoffs. Puran scored 524 runs in 14 innings played in IPL 2025, in which he played 5 half -century innings.

Fans were surprised by the international retirement of Nicholas Puran

Puran informed through a post on social media that he is taking retirement from all the formats of international cricket, this was a shocking news because he is just 29 years old. Whereas at such an age, many cricketers make their debut.

After this, there was a debate on social media too, many people said that they left the West Indies team, giving attention to the money, from where they get much less money than the league. Talking about IPL 2025, he was retained by the franchise for Rs 21 crore.

IPL 2025 Points Table after Lucknow Victory: The 26th match of IPL 2025 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans on Saturday. The competition between the two teams took place at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. Where Lucknow defeated Gujarat by 6 wickets, after which Lucknow reached third place with 8 points on the points table. At the same time, after losing Gujarat, Gujarat has come second from the first place.

This is Lucknow’s fourth win in 6 matches. Before this match, Lucknow was in sixth place. Gujarat Titans were at the top before this match. After losing, his run rate decreased. Because of which he came in second place. At the same time, Delhi Capitals have benefited from the defeat of Gujarat. He has now reached the top with 8 points on the points table.

After the victory of Lucknow, the condition of points table is like this

Delhi, Gujarat and Lucknow are ranked first, second and third on points table with 8 points. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings are ranked fourth, fifth and sixth respectively with 6 points. Rajasthan Royals are at seventh position with four points. While Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad are ranked 8th, 9th and 10th respectively with two points.

Another tremendous innings of Nicholas Puran

Gujarat, batting first, gave Lucknow Super Giants a target of 181 runs. After this, while chasing the target, Nicholas Puran played a tremendous innings of 61 runs in 34 balls. This was Puran’s fourth half -century in this season. Puran hit 7 sixes and a four in this innings. Due to which Lucknow won the match by achieving the target in 19.3 overs. For Lucknow, Aidan Markram also played a tremendous innings of 58 runs in 31 balls. In this innings, he hit 9 fours and a six.

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