What are Nicholas Pooran's IPL 2026 stats?

Nicholas Pooran took the field for Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL 2026 fixture vs PBKS on 2026-05-23 (fixture 69662). (Sample: 1 match. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation, IPL 2026.)

Nicholas Pooran

Lucknow Super Giants · left-hand bat · Wicket-keeper batter

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Matches

234

Runs

127.2

Strike Rate

15.6

Average

Sixes

Fifties

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

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Powerplay (1–6)

128.9

SR · 38 balls · 49 R

49 runs2 4s5 6s

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Middle (7–15)

110.8

SR · 130 balls · 144 R

144 runs8 4s9 6s

Death (16–20)sub-floor

273.3

SR · 15 balls · 41 R

41 runs1 4s5 6s

Per Himanish Ganjoo's Impact framing: team-total minus venue's 1st-innings par across ≥3 captured fixtures. Attribution rule: a batter is credited for an innings only when they scored ≥30 runs. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#impact.

Metric	IPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value	+36 vs par
Period	IPL 2026 to date
Computed	2026-09-08T00:52:17.969Z

P3 — Form & phase

4 claims

IPL 2026 season presence

Nicholas Pooran appeared in 14 IPL 2026 matches (14-fixture sample) for Lucknow Super Giants, most recently on 2026-05-23.

14 matchesn=14 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date

Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026

Nicholas Pooran scores at 128.9 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (38-ball sample, #37 of 45 qualifying batters).

128.9 SRn=38 legal deliveries faced in overs 1-6 · IPL 2026 to date

IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)

Nicholas Pooran's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: RCB — 39 runs in 2 innings (avg 19.5).

39 runs vs RCBn=2 innings, 30 balls faced · IPL 2026 to date

Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Nicholas Pooran powerplay strike rate 128.9 in IPL 2026 (38 balls).

128.9n=38 PP balls faced · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

4 claims

Lucknow Super Giants appearance rank, IPL 2026

Nicholas Pooran ranks #2 of 24 CricketStudio-tracked Lucknow Super Giants squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (14 matches).

#2 of 24n=24-player LSG cohort · IPL 2026 to date

Batting strike rate in IPL 2026

Nicholas Pooran strike rate 127.2 in IPL 2026 (184 balls, 14 innings).

127.2n=184 balls faced · IPL 2026↗

Runs scored in IPL 2026

Nicholas Pooran scored 234 runs in IPL 2026 (14 innings, avg 15.6).

234n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗

Sixes hit in IPL 2026

Nicholas Pooran hit 19 sixes in IPL 2026 (14 innings).

19n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

2 claims

IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership

Nicholas Pooran's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 89 for the 2nd wicket with Mitchell Marsh vs MI on 2026-05-04.

89 runs (2nd-wkt)n=1 partnership · 35 balls · IPL 2026 to date

Half-centuries in IPL 2026

Nicholas Pooran scored 1 half-century in IPL 2026.

1n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims

IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance

Nicholas Pooran took the field for Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL 2026 fixture vs PBKS on 2026-05-23 (fixture 69662).

LSG vs PBKSn=1 match · 2026-05-23 (fixture 69662)

IPL 2026 first appearance

Nicholas Pooran first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-04-01 vs DC (fixture 69522).

2026-04-01n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	100	50	HS
IPL 2026	14	14	234	15.6	127.9	0	1	63*
IPL career	100	102	2527	36.6	164.3	0	15	87

IPL career before 2026

Nicholas Pooran scored 2,293 runs in 86 pre-2026 IPL matches (2019–2025), strike rate 169.2.

Batting by season

Season	Team	Mat	Runs	HS	SR	Avg	4s	6s
2019	PBKS	6	168	48	157	28	10	14
2020/21	PBKS	14	353	77	168.9	29.42	23	25
2021	PBKS	10	85	32	111.8	7.73	3	5
2022	SRH	13	306	64	144.3	38.25	16	21
2023	LSG	15	358	62	172.9	29.83	26	26
2024	LSG	14	499	75	178.9	62.38	35	36
2025	LSG	14	524	87	197.7	43.67	45	40
Career	LSG, PBKS, SRH	86	2293	87	169.2	33.23	158	167

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form

Date	Match	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Dismissal	Result
2026-05-23	LSG vs PBKS	2	7	28.6	0	0	bowled	L
2026-05-19	RR vs LSG	16	11	145.5	0	2	caught	L
2026-05-15	LSG vs CSK	32	17	188.2	1	4	runOut	W
2026-05-10	CSK vs LSG	1	3	33.3	0	0	caught	L
2026-05-07	LSG vs RCB	38	23	165.2	4	1	caught	W
2026-05-04	MI vs LSG	63	21	300.0	1	8	caught	L
2026-04-26	LSG vs KKR	9	13	69.2	0	1	bowled	L
2026-04-22	LSG vs RR	22	25	88.0	3	0	caught	L

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored

Match	Runs	Balls	SR	Date
vs MI · Wankhede Stadium	63	21	300.0	2026-05-04
vs RCB · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	38	23	165.2	2026-05-07
vs CSK · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	32	17	188.2	2026-05-15
vs RR · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	22	25	88.0	2026-04-22
vs GT · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	19	21	90.5	2026-04-12
vs RR · Sawai Mansingh Stadium	16	11	145.5	2026-05-19

Batting positions · IPL 2026

Batted at 3 distinct positions (#3–#5).

Pos	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg
#3 top order	6	152	82	185.4	25.33
#4 middle	3	19	29	65.5	6.33
#5 middle	5	63	73	86.3	12.60

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

How Nicholas Pooran was dismissed across 15 wickets.

53%

Caught

27%

Bowled

13%

Run-out

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team

vs Team	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
MI	1	63	21	300.0	63.0	1	8	63
RCB	2	39	30	130.0	19.5	4	1	38
RR	2	38	36	105.6	19.0	3	2	22
CSK	2	33	20	165.0	16.5	1	4	32
KKR	2	22	28	78.6	11.0	0	2	13
GT	1	19	21	90.5	19.0	0	2	19
PBKS	2	11	16	68.8	5.5	1	0	9
DC	1	8	8	100.0	8.0	1	0	8
SRH	1	1	4	25.0	1.0	0	0	1

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →

Venue	Inn	Runs	Balls	SR	Avg	4s	6s	HS
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	7	130	114	114.0	18.6	9	8	38
Wankhede Stadium	1	63	21	300.0	63.0	1	8	63
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	1	16	11	145.5	16.0	0	2	16
Eden Gardens	1	13	15	86.7	13.0	0	1	13
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur	1	9	9	100.0	9.0	1	0	9
MA Chidambaram Stadium	1	1	3	33.3	1.0	0	0	1

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowler	Balls	Runs	SR	4s	6s
Rasikh Salam Dar	13	18	138.5	3	0
Rashid Khan	12	18	150.0	0	2
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	9	17	188.9	1	1
Jofra Archer	7	4	57.1	1	0
Ravindra Jadeja	7	6	85.7	0	0
Cameron Green	6	9	150.0	0	1
Sunil Narine	6	2	33.3	0	0
Navdeep Saini	6	4	66.7	0	0
Josh Hazlewood	6	3	50.0	0	0

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor

vs Pace

125.5

SR of 125.5 vs pace bowling — 110 balls faced

110 balls·10 6s

vs Spin

126.2

SR of 126.2 vs spin bowling — 65 balls faced

65 balls·8 6s

Full breakdown at /players/nicholas-pooran/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Nicholas

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

IPL 2026

Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for

Lucknow Super Giants

Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)

Rashid Khan · 64 balls Sunil Narine · 49 balls Yuzvendra Chahal · 46 balls Ravindra Jadeja · 42 balls Kuldeep Yadav · 40 balls Khaleel Ahmed · 40 balls Arshdeep Singh · 36 balls Prasidh Krishna · 35 balls

Venues played at

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium · 7 matches Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium · 1 match Eden Gardens · 1 match M.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 1 match Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Who is Nicholas Pooran?▾

Nicholas Pooran is an Indian cricketer playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026 as a wk-batter, left-handed batter born in Trinidad.

Which IPL 2026 team does Nicholas play for?▾

Nicholas Pooran plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026.

How many IPL 2026 matches has Nicholas appeared in?▾

Nicholas Pooran appeared in 14 IPL 2026 matches (14-fixture sample) for Lucknow Super Giants, most recently on 2026-05-23.

What was Nicholas's most recent IPL 2026 performance?▾

Nicholas Pooran's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 209 (+36 vs venue par) when he made 38 vs RCB on 2026-05-07.

How many runs has Nicholas scored in IPL 2026?▾

Nicholas Pooran's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: RCB — 39 runs in 2 innings (avg 19.5).

What is Nicholas's powerplay strike rate in IPL 2026?▾

Nicholas Pooran scores at 128.9 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (38-ball sample, #37 of 45 qualifying batters).

What is Nicholas's standout performance in IPL 2026?▾

Nicholas Pooran's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 89 for the 2nd wicket with Mitchell Marsh vs MI on 2026-05-04.

How regular is Nicholas in the Lucknow Super Giants lineup?▾

Nicholas Pooran ranks #2 of 24 CricketStudio-tracked Lucknow Super Giants squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (14 matches).

Where is Nicholas from?▾

Nicholas Pooran is Indian, born in Trinidad.

Where can I find Nicholas's full IPL 2026 stats?▾

Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Nicholas Pooran are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/nicholas-pooran — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.

When was Nicholas born?▾

Nicholas Pooran was born on 2 October 1995.

Is Nicholas a right-hand or left-hand batter?▾

Nicholas Pooran bats left-handed.

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Nicholas Pooran to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_604302

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