In the last one month, many international stars have said goodbye to cricket. Some announced retirement from only one format and some from all formats. Recently an explosive batsman announced his retirement. Just after this, Mumbai Indians have appointed him the captain of one of his teams. In fact, West Indies explosive batsman Nicholas Puran, who announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 29, has been made the captain of Mumbai Indians New York for the 2025 Major League cricket season.

Announcement of retirement on June 10

West Indies explosive batsman Nicholas Puran has retired from international cricket. He announced his decision on 10 June 2025 through social media, which surprised the cricket world. Puran is only 29 years old and was in the best form of his career. He has not given the clear reason behind his decision, but there is speculation that he wants to focus more on T20 leagues around the world.

Mi New York made captain

Just a day after retiring, Nicholas Puran has been made its captain by Mumbai Indians New York for the upcoming 2025 season of Major League Cricket (MLC). Mi New York gave information about this by writing a post on his social media handle. He wrote, ‘A new commander has come to the city – Captain Nicholas Puran.’ Let us know that Puran had given the team the title by playing a stormy innings of 137 runs for Mumbai in the 2023 MLC final.

— MI New York (@MINYCricket) June 10, 2025

Puran represented the West Indies in 167 matches in all formats, including 106 T20 International matches, the highest played by any player for any Windies team. He also retired as the highest run -scorer for the team in T20 International. He scored 2275 runs.

Puran in deadly form

After the challenging season of IPL 2025 with Lucknow Super Giants, he had already opted to out of the ongoing T20I series against England. 2024 was his best year, where he hit a record 170 sixes. After this, he managed to perform brilliantly in IPL 2025. For LSG, he scored 524 runs batting at a strike rate of 196.25, including five half -centuries. Now he will be a rage for Mi New York.