Meet Nicholas Pooran, child of franchise cricket
Trinidad, late in 2017. Nicholas Pooran is in Sunil Narine's house to hang out. With him is his mentor Kieron Pollard, and Dwayne Bravo. It's Trinidad T20 royalty. At this stage Pooran is barely known other than to close watchers of the CPL or to people who follow random T20 drafts. But his fellow Trini mates know all about him.
Pollard tells him to learn how to bat by playing first-class cricket. It is Pollard who found Pooran an agent and got him to play franchise cricket while still little more than an ESPNcricinfo profile. But it is Bravo who gives him advice that changes everything.
"Dwayne was telling me, 'Pooran, you can still learn from franchise cricket, man. You just have to learn quickly, stop making the same mistakes over and over. And you have to know what you want as a cricketer.'
"From that day, I sat down, talking to my girlfriend and parents, and when I realised what I really wanted, that helped me a lot. I was fortunate to get the opportunity to play, and gradually I started improving.
Pollard tells him to learn how to bat by playing first-class cricket. It is Pollard who found Pooran an agent and got him to play franchise cricket while still little more than an ESPNcricinfo profile. But it is Bravo who gives him advice that changes everything.
"Dwayne was telling me, 'Pooran, you can still learn from franchise cricket, man. You just have to learn quickly, stop making the same mistakes over and over. And you have to know what you want as a cricketer.'
"From that day, I sat down, talking to my girlfriend and parents, and when I realised what I really wanted, that helped me a lot. I was fortunate to get the opportunity to play, and gradually I started improving.
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