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Cognizant Major League Cricket: West Indies dynamic batter Nicholas Pooran, who has announced his retirement from international cricket, has been named the MI New York captain ahead of the 2025 season of the Major League Cricket.

This left-handed wicket-keeper batter is one of the world’s most feared batters going around. He was the highest run-scorer in the 2023 MLC season with 388 runs under his belt. He scored an unbeaten 137 in the title-winning 2023 MLC final.

"Our hero, our ledge, our skipper! Nicholas Pooran – the 29-year-old pocket dynamite, aka the MINY superstar – has been named the MI New York captain ahead of the 2025 season of the Cognizant Major League Cricket," the franchise said in a statement.