Nicholas Pooran’s storming century for West Indies! Breaking Chris Gayle’s record

The ICC World Cup 2023 qualifiers are currently being played in Zimbabwe. The 18th match of the qualifiers was played between West Indies and Netherlands. Netherlands beat West Indies in Super Over. But before that, wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran scored a century for West Indies. After this innings, Pooran has registered his name at number two in the special list.

Nicholas Pooran scored a century in just 63 balls in this match against Netherlands. This was the third fastest century by a West Indies batsman. In the meantime, Puran also broke the record of his former legend Chris Gela. Two of the first four fastest centuries for West Indies are by Chris Gayle. Their former legend Brian Lara tops the list, having scored a century off just 45 balls. was

Fastest batsman to score century for West Indies
Brian Lara – 45-ball century vs Bangladesh (1999)
Chris Gayle – 55-ball century vs England (2019)
Nicholas Pooran – 63-ball century vs Netherlands (2023)
Chris Gayle – 69-ball century against Zimbabwe (2003)

West Indies scored 374 runs in 50 overs while batting first on the strength of Nicholas Pooran’s storming innings. In reply, the Netherlands scored 374 for 9 in 50 overs and the match ended in a draw. The umpires played a super over to decide the match and Netherlands won it. Van Beel () of Netherlands came to bat in the Super Over. Beale hit three sixes and three fours to score 30 runs in the super over bowled by Jason Holder. After that, while bowling, he gave eight runs and rushed both the batsmen into the tent. The match between Netherlands and West Indies was exciting. But the result of this match was not very important for both the teams. Because in the qualifier matches Netherlands, Zimbabwe and West Indies from Group A have qualified for the Super 6. (Nicholas Pooran scored the third fastest century for his team against the Netherlands)

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