IPL Auction 2023: "Nicholas Pooran Owes Me Some Money"- Chris Gayle

West Indies dashing batter Nicholas Pooran was bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for 16 Crores in the IPL Auction 2023. The batter earlier was released by SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) who had a topsy-turvy 2022 edition where he managed to score 306 runs in 14 matches.

It was quite surprising to see Pooran getting sold for such a huge prize as he had a forgettable T20 WC. The left-handed batter recently gave up white ball captaincy of West Indies in order to focus on batting. It would be interesting to see whether he gets an entry into the playing 11 straightway.

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Chris Gayle on Nicholas Pooran

Chris Gayle was having an interaction with Jio Cinema and was asked about Nicholas Pooran. “Nicholas Pooran owes me some money. Right now, I need to get paid. He is rich now, so now he needs to pay me (laughs). But I’m really happy for him that he has been picked for such a big sum. It’s fantastic. Pooran is going to a place where Andy Flower has worked with him, KL Rahul has been a part of Punjab Kings. They know what his capabilities are,” said Chris Gayle.

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Great Chance for LSG

The LSG had a pretty good 2022 edition where the team made it to the play-offs. The franchisee can use Nicholas Pooran as a floater as we all witnessed how destructive he was in the recent T10 Abu Dhabi League where he scored 249 runs in 6 matches.

Skipper KL Rahul has a strenuous task on it’s hands, as this time BCCI is all set to introduce home & away venues for the tourney where there would be even a contest between bat & ball. As mentioned by Chris Gayle, Pooran is quite familiar with the duo of Rahul & Andy Flower as earlier he was a part of Punjab Kings (PBKS) which would keep Pooran in good stead.

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