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    “Really special for me”, Pooran on Winning POM Award in MLC 2023 Final

    MLC 2023 final-winning captain Nicholas Pooran who also bags the Player of the Match award thanks all the fans and supporters for the love they showed during the tournament.

    Nicholas Pooran scored an unbeaten 137 runs in MLC 2023 Final

    Nicholas Pooran who captained MI New York in the MLC 2023 final game scored an unbelievable 137 runs in just 55 deliveries and led the team towards a glorious victory. Winning the toss, MI New York choose to bowl first where Seattle Orcas scored 183 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

    Though Seattle Orcas’ players struggled to score against the MI New York’s aggressive bowling attack, de Kock managed to score 87 runs from 52 deliveries and led the team towards a safer side.

    Boult and Rashid Khan bagged 3 wickets each on behalf of MI New York and restricted the opponents from scoring further. On the other hand, MI New York’s opening batters Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir fall cheaply and stun everyone.

    But the skipper took the things in hand and played a mad inning where the aggressive left-hander smashed 10 boundaries and whopping 13 sixes which is the most by a player in an inning in ML 2023.

    With a strike rate of 249.09, Pooran scored 137 runs from just 55 deliveries and led the team to win the game with 4 overs left.

    With this unbelievable knock, Nicholas Pooran scripted various records in MLC 2023 tournament which are as follows:

    • Most runs scorer
    • Best Average
    • 2nd Best SR
    • Most 6s
    • Fastest 50s & Fastest 100s
    • Highest scores
    • 2 MOM award
    • MOM in Final
    • Most runs scorer award
    • Most valuable player award
    • Won MLC Trophy as Captain

    Pooran on Winning POM Award in MLC 2023 Final

    MI New York captain Nicholas Pooran who won the Player of the Match award in MLC 2023 Final game said: “Chatting today we spoke about creating history. We lost our captain and a couple of players. At the end of the day, I am proud as everyone contributed”.

    “Chatting today we spoke about creating history. We lost our captain and a couple of players. At the end of the day, I am proud as everyone contributed. We knew it was a good batting wicket, we were prepared for this moment from a week ago. We had to be confident and believe in each other.

    We got over the line today, we were been put under pressure earlier this week. You are going to bat like Nicky P, I told myself and backed my skill. I just had to execute my skills, I have been working on it for the last 5-6 years. It was really special for me. I just want to thank all the fans and supporters, they have been really amazing”, Pooran added.

    Quick view of players’ stats in the MLC 2023 Tournament:

    • Most runs: Nicholas Pooran (MI New York) – 388
    • Most wickets: Trent Boult (MI New York) – 22
    • Highest individual score: Nicholas Pooran (137*) vs Seattle Orcas (final)
    • Best spell of the season: Saurabh Netravalkar (6/9) vs San Francisco Unicorns
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