The fans of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) witnessed glimpses of the whirlwind strokeplay of Nicholas Pooran in the last game before he was brilliantly caught by Ravindra Jadeja. On Thursday, he continued the same SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) when he smashed young all-rounder, Abdul Samad for 28 runs in his first over to keep Kings XI Punjab’s hopes alive in their run-chase of 202.

Samad came into the bowl in the ninth over and what followed next was-6,4,6,6,6,0- as Pooran registered the fastest 50 of the 2020 Dream11 IPL. He surpassed the 50-run mark in just 17 balls. Nicholas had started smashing the ball from the go and his eyes were lit up when he saw Abdul Samad with the ball in his hand.

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Samad bowled a loopy delivery first-up, which the West Indian proceeded to smash over long-off for a six. The second ball was a touch fuller but Pooran managed to smash it past wide long-off for a boundary. The third delivery saw Nicholas Pooran smoke possibly the biggest six of the night as he got to the pitch of the ball to mow it over long-on.

The carnage continued with Nicholas Pooran smashing the next ball for his sixth biggie of the night and in the process, he brought up his maiden IPL half-century- the second-fastest ever by a KXIP batsman and the fifth-fastest overall.

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Clearly rattled by the carnage, Samad proceeded bowled a short-pitch delivery, only for Pooran to rock back on the backfoot to smash it over deep mid-wicket for another six. Samad finally bowled a dot ball on the final delivery as the Pooran played it watchfully guided the ball in front of covers to end the onslaught. At the time of writing, Pooran was eventually dismissed by Rashid Khan after playing a 37-ball 77.

Here is the video of the carnage: