Nicholas Pooran EQUALS Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh’s RECORD 36-Run Over During WI vs AFG T20 WC 2024 Match

This happened when Azmatullah came out to bowl the 4th over of the innings. Pooran got started off the very first ball as he smashed it for a six. 

St Lucia: Nicholas Pooran was on fire on Tuesday against Afghanistan in their last Group A game in St Lucia. Pooran smashed a breathtaking 98* off 53 balls to power the hosts to a mammoth 218 for five in 20 overs. During his memorable knock, he equaled Indian stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh’s feat. Pooran was involved in a 36-run over, something Yuvraj and Rohit have been part off. This happened when Azmatullah came out to bowl the 4th over of the innings. Pooran got started off the very first ball as he smashed it for a six.

The second ball off the over turned out to be a no-ball, which Pooran smashed for a boundary. The next ball went for a boundary off the legs and it was a free-hit. Then he hit a boundary and a couple off sixes to end the over and enter the record books.

Yuvraj did it in the inaugural T20 WC in 2007 at Durban. He hit Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over. Rohit and Rinku Singh scored 36 runs of an over in 2024 against Afghanistan.

36 – Yuvraj Singh (IND) vs Stuart Broad (ENG), Durban, 2007
36 – Kieron Pollard (WI) vs Akila Dananjaya (SL), Coolidge, 2021
36 – Rohit Sharma & Rinku Singh (IND) vs Karim Janat (AFG), Bengaluru, 2024
36 – Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) vs Kamran Khan (QAT), Al Amerat, 2024
36 – Nicholas Pooran & Johnson Charles (WI) vs Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG), St. Lucia, 2024

At the time of filing the copy, Afghanistan were reeling at 96 for seven in the 14th over. Obed McCoy has been the wrecker-in-chief with three wickets.