Ranking top 10 wicket-keeper batters at the moment
Wicket-keeping can be a thankless job, but one needs to put in the hard yards to excel.
6. Nicholas Pooran (West Indies)
The young 26-year old Caribbean superstar, Nicholas Pooran, is already a T20 sensation and he is always in high demand in franchise cricket auction. In 2015, he was involved in a serious car accident. A year after the accident he made his international debut and it shows how brave and determined he is. He scored a classy 118 against Sri Lanka in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 which confirmed that he is going to be an asset for the Caribbean side.
He is yet to make his debut in the longest format of the game but he has appeared in several limited-overs games. He has scored 1044 runs in 31 ODIs at an impressive average of 47.45. In T20Is he has 845 runs to his name in 49 games which include 4 fifties. He has been dominant in CPL and has played the other major T20 leagues like IPL and BBL.
He can keep the wickets as well. He is the current vice-captain of West Indies in limited over cricket. He has taken 21 catches as a wicket-keeper in 49 T20I matches and has made four stumpings. He is a natural athlete as the other Caribbeans are. The Trinidad batter has a lot to do for West Indies cricket team in the coming years.
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