{"id":175253,"date":"2025-06-11T09:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175253\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:09:08","slug":"mlc-2025-pooran-named-captain-of-mi-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175253\/","title":{"rendered":"MLC 2025 – Pooran named captain of MI New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MLC 2025 <\/p>\n

\"Pooran <\/p>\n

Pooran top-scored in the 2023 edition of MLC. \u00a9 MLC<\/p>\n

Nicholas Pooran has been appointed as the captain of MI New York for the upcoming season of Major League Cricket (MLC). The 29-year-old recently<\/a> announced his retirement from international cricket and takes over from Kieron Pollard at the franchise. <\/p>\n

Pooran was the standout performer in the 2023 edition of MLC, finishing as the tournament’s highest run-scorer with 388 runs at a strike rate of 167. His unbeaten 137 in the final steered MI New York to the inaugural title. <\/p>\n

The left-handed batter continues to be at the peak of his T20 powers. He hit the most sixes (170) across all T20s in 2024 and followed it up with a strong IPL 2025, breaching the 500-run mark in a season for the first time and clearing the ropes 40 times, smashing the most sixes by any batter in an IPL edition. <\/p>\n

Pooran comes in with prior leadership experience at the international level, having captained West Indies in white-ball formats, but his stint as full-time skipper in 2022 ended with just 8 wins in 30 matches. Following West Indies’s first-round exit at the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, he stepped down from the role. <\/p>\n

The 2025 edition of MLC begins on June 12 with San Francisco Unicorns taking on Washington Freedom. MI New York open their campaign on June 13 against Texas Super Kings. <\/p>\n

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