Hitting 36 Runs in An Over in T20 WC West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran Equals Yuvraj Singh’s Record

In the continuing T20 World Cup, West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran equalled Yuvraj Singh’s record hitting Afghanistan’s Omarzai for 36 runs in an over.

With this immense hit, the West Indies team equalled the T20 World Cup record for most runs in an over in the game, while playing their last Group stage match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup against Afghanistan in Gros Islet on Tuesday.

West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran scored 36 runs off Azmatullah Omarzai’s fourth over, equalling India’s record set in 2007 by former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh with six sixes against England.

Nicholas Pooran hit three sixes and a pair of fours during Omarzai’s second over which included some wayward bowling. The explosive wicketkeeper-batter hammered 36 runs off Omarzai’s bowling: 6, 5NB, 5WD, 0, 4LB, 4, 6, 6.

Yuvraj became the first batter to score 36 runs in an over when he faced England’s Stuart Broad and hit the pacer for six maximums in one over. Rohit Sharma and Rinku Singh are also on the elite list of scoring 36 runs in an over.

During his 98-run innings, Pooran hit eight sixes against Afghanistan, taking his tally to 128 in the T20I format and past West Indies great Chris Gayle’s total of 124.