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Following the retirement of Nicholas Pooran, cricket analyst Fazeer Mohammed says it's a reflection of the state of West Indies cricket.

Even though Mohammed says the real reason is unknown, retiring at the age of 29 with lots to offer is somewhat baffling.
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00:00It's inevitable that many would provide their views after Niklas Puran announced his retirement from international cricket.
00:06That includes top cricket analyst Fazir Mohamed, who says the diminutive left-handed batsman is going to be missed.
00:12Niklas Puran's decision to retire from West Indies' duty, essentially in all formats, although of course he is primarily a white-ball cricketer,
00:21is a loss because of his tremendous ability, his potential, his tendency to really change the course of a match with spectacular innings.
00:32At the same time, Mohamed is aware that Puran's average in T20 internationals is 26.14 from 106 appearances.
00:40On the other hand, his ODI average is a healthier 39.66 from 61 matches,
00:45but Puran last appeared in the longer of the two white-ball formats in July 2023.
00:51As such, the Trinidad-based cricket analyst feels Puran has not lived up to his potential.
00:57When you look at his record as far as influencing results for the West Indies,
01:03it really isn't as effective as one would have hoped.
01:06The fact is that the spectacular innings of Niklas Puran in between some rather ordinary performances
01:14means that at the end of the day, he has not really impacted West Indies' performances on a consistently upward trend.
01:23Mohamed says the explosive batter's absence from the team is not going to make a difference in terms of results.
01:29He says even though a reason for Puran's retirement is yet to be given,
01:33it shows where West Indies cricket has reached.
01:36When you have someone at the age of 29 who is essentially in the prime of his cricketing life
01:43to leave the game, to leave West Indies cricket and focus on the franchise formats,
01:48as lucrative as it is, for such a thing to happen suggests that there's something going on
01:54in the background of West Indies cricket.
01:56There is that feeling that many of these franchise players are disaffected in some way or the other
02:03in their relationship with Cricket West Indies, not just this administration or the previous one,
02:09but definitely the one before that as well, going all the way back to the Dave Cameron administration.
02:14Puran last appeared in a T20 International in December 2024,
02:19which saw the West Indies losing the series to Bangladesh in the Caribbean.
02:23So could that be part of the reason for such a decision?
02:25There were certainly some rumblings along the way towards the end of last year
02:30and that disappointing run towards the end of last year
02:33and the 3-0 whitewash at the hands of Bangladesh,
02:38which suggested that something wasn't right,
02:41whether it involved Nicholas Puran directly or the composition of the team
02:45or the administration or the hierarchy of the team,
02:49including the coach and the captain, we can only be speculating.
02:53But the feeling was that there was something that wasn't happening the right way.
02:57Based on all this, Mohamed is by no means shocked following Puran's decision to retire,
03:03but says it's very disappointing.
03:06Vinod Nawani, Thiefs Expoort.
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