The 29-year-old former West Indies Nationwide Cricket Group batsman Nicholas Pooran has formally been appointed as the brand new captain of the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) for CPL 2025.
Nicholas Pooran has changed the legendary all-rounder Kieron Pollard because the skipper, because the latter had been on the helm at Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) since 2019.
We’re again, we’re hungry, we wish to win the title – Nicholas Pooran
In June 2025, Nicholas Pooran introduced a shock retirement from worldwide cricket, ending because the most-capped participant in T20Is for the West Indies Nationwide Cricket Group.
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He retired from worldwide cricket on the age of 29, almost definitely attributable to his shift in focus to the worldwide T20 leagues internationally.
He is among the finest batters in 20-over cricket and is in excessive demand throughout all of the T20 leagues, together with IPL, MLC, The Hundred, SA20, CPL, ILT20, and others.
In the meantime, Nicholas Pooran can be main a star-studded Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL 2025 because the squad consists of the likes of Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Alex Hales, and others.
In a video shared by TKR, Nicholas Pooran stated that they’re completely hungry and could be trying to get their arms on the trophy.
“We’re again, we’re hungry, we wish to win the title and most significantly we wish to do it for our followers of Trinidad and Tobago and everywhere in the world. Representing Trinidad and Tobago at the beginning is an honour and privilege. Getting the chance to captain this 12 months is one thing that I wish to attempt my finest and clearly it has been handed down from Bravo to Polly after which to me,” Nicholas Pooran stated.
“The whole lot they’ve handed right down to me I am getting that chance now to, make selections on the cricket area, in the event that they attempt to affect the sport for us as a lot as attainable, hopefully put it in our favour.”
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A brand new solar rises over TKR as 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧 leads us into the longer term. 👑
Kieron Pollard | Nicholas Pooran | #WeAreTKR | #TrinbagoKnightRiders pic.twitter.com/qrH1VLXh8r
— Trinbago Knight Riders (@TKRiders) August 14, 2025
This 12 months goes to be particular for us, come out and assist us – Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran additional stated that main the gamers like Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine could be an enormous honour for him and urged the followers to assist the facet. He elaborated:
“So it is a good feeling as a result of we discuss cricket each single day, we play cricket equally and hopefully this 12 months is our one and we will make it a very memorable one this 12 months for us.”
“For me essentially the most satisfying factor is that these guys are nonetheless taking part in and simply to guide them on the sphere, it means so much to me.
It is an expertise that I do know for certain I would not neglect and simply wish to put our greatest foot ahead and hopefully all the pieces goes in our favour. This 12 months goes to be particular for us, come out and assist us regardless, let’s group the CPL into Carnival.”
It is necessary as a pacesetter to all the time plan for the longer term – Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo not too long ago took over as the pinnacle coach of Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR), and he lauded Kieron Pollard for stepping away from the management function on the proper time and passing the baton to Nicholas Pooran. He stated:
“It is necessary as a pacesetter to all the time plan for the longer term. Polly and I and I share the identical values in life in numerous methods and the transition now goes right down to Nicky P who’s somebody who’s been taking part in and studying a lot cricket and us as gamers and you already know, I feel he is the proper selection on the proper time.”
In the meantime, Kieron Pollard stated that it was fairly a straightforward determination for him as a result of with Dwayne Bravo approaching board, a brand new face main the facet is nice. He stated:
“So for me it was a type of a straightforward determination, you already know, after final 12 months, fascinated by it with Bravo approaching board, you already know, new head coach and I simply thought it was good at that is the proper time that if we will get a brand new captain in to proceed that transitional interval.”
“And he understands how we wish to play cricket, the profitable tradition that we wish to create, once more a homegrown boy and once more he shares numerous respect with numerous gamers around the globe, not solely in Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean. So I feel it was very, very straightforward and it is one thing that we really even have been getting ready him for and giving him the chance to guide the Knight Riders franchise.”
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— Trinbago Knight Riders (@TKRiders) August 14, 2025
CPL 2025 will begin on August 15, with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots taking up Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, and the Trinbago Knight Riders will begin their marketing campaign in opposition to St Kitts & Nevis Patriots on August 17.
