Pooran leaves door open for West Indies return as he invests in next generation

For­mer West In­dies bat­ting star Nicholas Pooran has not com­plete­ly ruled out re­turn­ing to in­ter­na­tion­al crick­et, but in­sists his present fo­cus is on de­vel­op­ing young tal­ent and giv­ing back to the game that has pro­vid­ed him with so much.

​Pooran made the dis­clo­sure Sat­ur­day on the open­ing day of his Nicky P Bat­ting Acad­e­my, held at the Ku­mar Ram­pat Crick­et Acad­e­my in Point Lisas.

​The left-hand­ed bats­man, who rep­re­sent­ed the West In­dies in more than 160 in­ter­na­tion­al match­es dur­ing a 10-year ca­reer, said es­tab­lish­ing the acad­e­my was dri­ven by his pas­sion for crick­et de­vel­op­ment and help­ing young play­ers reach their full po­ten­tial.