Nicholas Pooran: All about the latest West Indies cricketer who was caught ball tampering

West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran was banned by ICC on Wednesday from four T20Is after being found guilty of ball-tampering in 3rd ODI against Afghanistan in Luckw recently. KXIP player will miss 3 T20Is against Afghanistan while also missing out on first T20I against India, which is to follow. Pooran will be eligible for selection in West Indies side for 2nd T20I against India on December 8.

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Watch West Indies' Nicholas Pooran tampering  condition of ball

West Indies' Nicholas Pooran banned for ball-tampering

Nicholas Pooran accepted sanctions imposed by match referee Chris Bro and mitted charge that deals with a breach of Level 3 of ICC’s Code of Conduct. Pooran violated article 2.14 of Code, which relates to changing condition of ball after foot suggested that Nicholas Pooran scratched surface of ball with fingernails. Nicholas Pooran issued an apology and called entire incident an extreme error in judgement. He apologized to his teammates, supporters and players of Afghanistan for what happened in Luckw. He furr ded that he was solely responsible for incident and that he completely accepts ICC penalty. Pooran was in fine form in ODI series vs Afghanistan, winning Player of Match award in 2nd ODI after scoring 67 runs off just 50 balls.

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Nicholas Pooran: One of West Indies' emerging talents

Nicholas Pooran is one of latest generation of talents to emerge from Trinid. He me a name for himself in 2014 U-19 World Cup, contributing 143 in West Indies’ total of 208 against Australia while scoring half-centuries against India and Cana. Pooran me his debut as a 17-year-old, smashing a 24-ball 54 against Guyana Amazon Warriors in Caribbean Premier League. He was highest scorer for Sylhet Sixers, scoring 379 runs in 11 games in 2018-19 Banglesh Premier League. Pooran was picked up by Kings XI Punjab in IPL Auction 2019 for a whopping ₹4.2 cr after he wasn't selected to play for Mumbai Indians prior to that, despite being in ir squ for two seasons.

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Nicholas Pooran banned for 4 games: Lucky to escape a long ban?

Nicholas Pooran’s ball-tampering ban comes in after Australian trio of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were suspended for same indiscipline in March 2018. Bancroft was caught trying to rough one side of ball using sandpaper in 3rd Test against South Africa at Newlands. While Smith and Warner served a 12-month ban, Bancroft was handed a 9-month ban by Cricket Australia. Pooran could consider himself lucky after being suspended for just 4 games as ICC took action on this first and that too swiftly.

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