Chris Gayle claims Nicholas Pooran owes him money after WI star sold big at IPL auction

Nicholas Pooran on Friday raised many eyebrows in cricketing world as he secured a million-dollar deal at IPL 2023 auction in Kochi. Pooran was bought by Luckw Super Giants (LSG) for a whopping sum of Rs 16 crores to become fourth-most expensive player at IPL 2023 auction. Only Sam Curran, Cameron Green, and Ben Stokes received a better deal than Pooran at auction on Friday. After day-long event, West Indies legend Chris Gayle jokingly called on Pooran to return money that he lend to him. 

"Nikki P, money that I lend you, can I get it back please," Gayle jokingly said on JioCinema, official broadcaster of IPL 2023 auction. 

Pooran's IPL career

Pooran was part of Sunrisers Hyderabad setup in IPL 2022. he was bought by Hyderabad for Rs 10.75 crores. Pooran had joined franchise from Punjab Kings, where he played under captaincy of KL Rahul. Pooran will once again reunite with Rahul at Luckw Super Giants as Indian batter is captain of newly-added side. After auction, LSG mentor Gautam Gambhir said that y bought Pooran because of his hard-hitting abilities and also as a backup wicketkeeper for Quinton de Kock. 

Pooran has played 47 matches in IPL thus far and has scored 912 runs at an aver of 26.06 and with a strike rate of 151.24. He has four half-centuries to his name. In previous edition of cash-rich tournament, Pooran played 14 matches and scored 306 runs at an aver of 38.25 and with a strike rate of 144.34. Pooran's best season with bat came in 2020 when he smashed 353 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 169.71. 

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