Nicholas Pooran Cricket Player: Watch KXIP batsman’s unbelievable fielding effort vs Rajasthan Royals

Dixit Bhargav
|PublishedSep 27, 2020

Nicholas Pooran Cricket Player: Watch KXIP batsman's unbelievable fielding effort vs Rajasthan Royals

Nicholas Pooran: The batsman from Kings XI Punjab contributed significantly via an unbelievable fielding effort in Sharjah.

During the ninth match of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in Sharjah, Kings XI Punjab batsman Nicholas Pooran saved a boundary on the field to become a source of amazement for all the viewers around the world.

It all happened on the third delivery of the eighth over when Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson attempted to hit a six off Punjab spinner Murugan Ashwin.

Fielding at deep mid-wicket, Pooran dived full length into the boundary to throw the ball back into the playing area whilst being airborne. With KXIP all-rounder Glenn Maxwell running in from long-on, he threw the ball back to captain and wicket-keeper Lokesh Rahul as Samson and Steve Smith only ran a couple of runs.

The slow-motion replay of Pooran’s effort further confirmed him earning an entry into one of the best-ever boundary saves in cricket.

Coming in to bat at No. 4 in the penultimate over after Smith won the toss and chose to bowl, Pooran scored a brisk 25* (8) with the help of a four and three sixes in the first innings.

It was a grand 183-run opening partnership between Rahul (69) and Mayank Agarwal (106) which played a crucial role in Kings XI scoring 223/2 in 20 overs.

Nicholas Pooran fielding effort vs Rajasthan Royals

NICHOLAS POORAN OH MY GOD

Best save in the history of cricket!!!!#KingsXiPunjab #KXIPvsRR #kxip pic.twitter.com/HogG3xiXX0

— Sritama Panda (@crickcosmos) September 27, 2020

How Twitterati reacted:

Just witnessed the greatest piece of fielding in cricketing history.. Pooran you beauty !!! Take a Bow!!! @nicholas_47 pic.twitter.com/Vg28HN2xU1

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) September 27, 2020

This is the best save I have seen in my life. Simply incredible!! 👍#IPL2020 #RRvKXIP pic.twitter.com/2r7cNZmUaw

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 27, 2020

Gravity naamak cheez hi bhula di. Aisa kaise.
Defied Gravity, Pooran. What a save. pic.twitter.com/1HReADpmVh

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 27, 2020

If KXIP win this by 5 runs, they have Nicholas Pooran to thank. #KXIPvRR #IPL2020

— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) September 27, 2020

Best fielding effort in IPL history. Nicholas Pooran. @nicholas_47 #IPL #KXIPvsRR

— Jamie Alter (@alter_jamie) September 27, 2020

pooran 😳😳😳😳 #KXIPvsRR #ipl2020

— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) September 27, 2020

Pooran has just produced one of the greatest fielding saves I have ever seen. That was almost two yards over the rope and to pull it back….Wow! Where is this standard of fielding going to take us next….

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 27, 2020

That was ridic @nicholas_47 #IPLinUAE

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) September 27, 2020

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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