VIDEO: He replied to a 107 meter long six by hitting a 113 meter long six, getting into a fight with Nicholas Pooran proved costly

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|12-08-2024

Nicholas Pooran. As is his style, so is his temperament. He is seen displaying this attitude in England's 'The Hundred' league. In the match played on 11 August, Nicholas Pooran has replied to sixes with sixes. If someone hit a 107 meter long six, he immediately settled the score by hitting a 113 meter long six in return. This was seen in the match between Manchester Originals and Northern Superchargers. In this match, Nicholas Pooran was playing for Northern Superchargers.

107 meter long six hit on the 99th ball

In the match, Manchester Originals batted first and scored 152 runs for 7 wickets in 100 balls. The most powerful innings from Manchester Originals was played by its captain Phil Salt, who scored 61 runs with the help of 4 sixes in just 28 balls. But, the longest six of Manchester Originals' innings was seen from the bat of Jamie Overton. He hit a 107 meter long six on the 99th ball of the team's innings.

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Nicholas Pooran alone was enough!

Now the target was set by Manchester Originals. Of the score and also of the longest six. Northern Superchargers took special care of this in their innings. They had a bad start, but as soon as the focus came on Nicholas Pooran, that explosive left-handed batsman single-handedly finished the job of Manchester Originals on both fronts, in terms of run chase and hitting long sixes.

A befitting reply with a great innings and a 113 meter long six

Nicholas Pooran remained unbeaten till the end. He scored 66 runs in 33 balls with 8 sixes. With this, the victory of Northern Superchargers was confirmed, and during this innings, Manchester Originals also got an answer to the 107 meter long six. Nicholas Pooran hit a 113 meter long six on the 74th ball of the Northern Superchargers innings, in which the ball went out of the ground. Whoever saw this six flying in the air and going out of the field, just kept looking at it.

Northern Superchargers won the match

With the attack of Nicholas Pooran, Northern Superchargers achieved the target of 153 runs 3 balls in advance. And, with this, won the match by 7 wickets. This is the fourth victory of Northern Superchargers in the 7 matches played so far in The Hundred. At the same time, this is the sixth defeat of Manchester Originals in the same number of matches.

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