Nicholas Pooran has been in good form in the current edition of the Indian Premier League. After being named vice-captain of the team just before the start of IPL 2024, the West Indies star has shown remarkable maturity.
He began his campaign with the bat in IPL 2024 with an unbeaten 64 runs, although it came in a losing cause against Rajasthan Royals. He was followed by a knock of 42 against Punjab Kings before scoring an unbeaten 40 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In his fourth outing, he scored an unbeaten 32 against the Gujarat Titans and again delivered in the death overs.
With the kind of form Nicholas Pooran is in at the moment, Delhi Capitals needed something special to get rid of him in the ongoing game and their star man Kuldeep Yadav rose to the occasion. The left-arm spinner came up with a gem of a delivery to dismiss the LSG vice-captain for a golden duck.
It was a more direct delivery and Nicholas Pooran apparently anticipated the ball would deflect. However, he couldn’t read the delivery and ended up getting hit. The ball passed through the large gap between the pad and the bat before tearing off the stump.
Watch Kuldeep Yadav castling Nicholas Pooran:
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Talking about the game, LSG were reeling at 80 for 5 in the 10th over at the time of writing this report. Khaleel Ahmed dismissed Quinton de Kock and Devdutt Padikkal inside the powerplay to leave LSG reeling at 41 for 2. In the eighth over, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran in consecutive deliveries to put DC in the seat of the driver.
In the 10th over, the left-arm spinner struck again and sent back LSG captain KL Rahul to put his team firmly in command. DC will hope to continue dominating the game and win it to record a much-needed victory. DC has managed to win just one of his first five games in IPL 2024 and is desperate to get back to winning ways.