Watch- Nicholas Pooran caught fooling opposition on live TV, West Indies devise unorthodox strategy behind the wickets

West Indies wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran grabbed attention with his innovative hand signals to guide bowler Akeal Hosein during the Super 8 match against England in the T20 World Cup 2024. Nicholas Pooran used specific glove movements behind the stumps to instruct Akeal Hosein on the type of delivery to bowl.

The West Indies team reached the Super 8 stage of the ICC tournament after remaining unbeaten in the group stage. However, they failed to continue their winning momentum in the Super 8s. They suffered an eight-wicket loss to England at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia on Thursday, June 20.

The Caribbean team posted a respectable total of 180 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Johnson Charles (38) and Nicholas Pooran (36) chipped in with useful contributions with the bat. Captain Rovman Powell played a quickfire cameo, scoring 36 runs off 17 balls with the help of five sixes.

Watch - Nicholas Pooran Caught Fooling Opposition

A video showing Nicholas Pooran's innovative hand signals to Akeal Hosein has garnered significant attention. Cricket enthusiasts and experts have been analyzing the footage of Pooran's signals, discussing their possible meanings, and sparking curiosity among netizens about their significance in the game.

During the 5th over of England's innings, Nicholas Pooran signaled to bowler Akeal Hosein from behind the stumps. Pooran's hand movements indicated to Hosein whether to bowl a left-arm orthodox spin or a seam-up delivery. This strategy was used to keep the English batsmen guessing against the left-arm spinner.

So Pooran gives the direction to Akeal Hosein from behind the stumps to let him know whether to bowl orthodox left arm spin or to bowl the seam up arm ball.

if his gloves go left to right => left arm orthodox
if his claps his gloves keeping them stationary => seam up arm ball. pic.twitter.com/J3esmdvIs1

— Bishontherockz 2.0 (prev account - BishOnTheRockz) (@BishOnTheRockx) June 20, 2024

Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow played a crucial role in helping England to a comfortable eight-wicket win over the co-hosts. The England team successfully chased down an 181-run target with 15 balls to spare. Salt scored an unbeaten 87 runs off 47 balls with the help of seven boundaries and five maximums.

Salt was named "Player of the Match" for his brilliant batting performance. Jonny Bairstow scored 48 off 26 balls, including five boundaries and two sixes. Salt and Bairstow added an unbeaten 97-run partnership off 44 balls for the third wicket. England moved to the top of the Group 1 table in the Super 8 stage.

We Could Have Given A Better Disaply With The Ball - Rovman Powell

West Indies captain Rovman Powell acknowledged that his team fell short by 15-20 runs in their batting performance and admitted their bowling could have been better. Powell stated that England's bowlers executed their plans effectively in the last five overs.

"When you look from the batting perspective, we were 15-20 runs short. We could have given a better display with the ball as a bowling group. We couldn't capitalise in the last five overs but credit to the English bowlers, they executed their plans very well. (On Brandon King's injury)"

"Just a bit worried, but hopefully he can pull through for the next game. It's always difficult, every time he plays against WI, he hurts us. We couldn't execute our plans against Phil. Our destiny is in our own hands and we need to win well, we need to continue playing good cricket," Powell said.

Also read: Watch- Phil Salt smacks 30 runs off Romario Shepherd's over as England win big vs West Indies