Nicholas Pooran Net Worth 2026: The ₹21 Crore IPL Deal

Updated On: July 28, 2026

Updated 27 July 2026 — retirement and IPL salary verified against ESPNcricinfo, BBC and IPL auction records. Net worth and lifestyle figures are estimates from secondary sources, flagged as such below.

Nicholas Pooran retired from international cricket at 29, walking away as West Indies’ most-capped T20I player (106 matches) and their leading T20I run-scorer (2,275 runs) across 167 appearances in maroon. He continues to play franchise cricket worldwide.

The decision is best understood as a financial one, and the numbers make it plain. His West Indies contract and match fees were worth roughly $700,000 a year. His IPL contract alone pays ₹21 crore — several times that, for six weeks of work. Retiring at 29 was not walking away from money; it was walking towards it.

Nicholas Pooran is one of the highest-paid cricketers in the world today. He was ranked fifth, alongside Virat Kohli, among the highest-paid cricketers of 2025 according to onecricket. Let’s take a look at the journey of Nicholas Pooran and how he built his net worth in millions.

Nicholas Pooran Bio

Field	Details
First Name	Nicholas
Last Name	Pooran
Full Name	Nicholas Pooran
Date of Birth	October 2, 1995
Age	30 (as of July 2026)
Birth Place	Couva, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Residence	Trinidad and Tobago
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Nationality	Trinidadian

Family & Personal Details

Field	Details
Father	Mr. Pooran (Name not disclosed)
Mother	Latchmi Pooran
Siblings	1 Sister (Name not disclosed)
Brother	None
Religion	Christianity
Spouse	Kathrina Miguel (also known as Alyssa Miguel) – Married June 1, 2021
Horoscope	Libra

Professional Details

Field	Details
Profession	Professional Cricketer (Wicketkeeper-Batsman)
Education	Naparima College, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago (Graduate)
Position	Wicketkeeper-Batsman
Category	Cricket
Current Team	Lucknow Super Giants (IPL), Retired from International Cricket (June 2025)
Jersey Number	#29 (West Indies), #8, #14, #39 (Various teams)
Years Active	2012–present (International: 2016–2025, retired)

Nicholas Pooran Net Worth

Nicholas Pooran’s net worth is estimated at around INR 60-65 crore — an aggregate of published estimates rather than a disclosed figure — according to India TV. His wealth has come not only from cricket but also from business, investments and endorsement contracts. This is why he had the courage to take international retirement at the age of just 29.

Income Source

Pooran’s income mainly comes from the Indian Premier League (IPL). With LSG retaining him, his salary is ₹21 crore, a 6900% increase from his first paycheck before the 2025 mega-auction.

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Income from Other T20 Leagues

Apart from IPL, Pooran earns an estimated ₹10–15 crore annual income from various global cricket leagues. These include CPL, BBL, SA20 and MLC. He captained MI New York in the MLC in 2025. Pooran has turned out for a large number of franchise sides across his career — the breadth of that portfolio, rather than any single contract, is what makes the franchise route more lucrative than international duty for a West Indies player.

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International Cricket

His West Indies contract paid $300,000 a year. Match fees added more. For example, he could earn $400,000 from 60 games. This total of about $700,000 is far less than his current T20 league income.

Endorsements Deals

Pooran reportedly earns ₹6-8 crore (approximately $0.72-0.96 million USD) annually through high-paying brand endorsement deals. He has partnered with brands including Powerade, MyFitness, Under Armour, Puma and Nike. Note that the two endorsement figures on this page do not reconcile with each other, and neither is sourced to a disclosure — treat both as loose approximations. His total endorsement deals reportedly bring in over $3 million USD every year.

Lifestyle

Pooran’s property and lifestyle are frequently described in detail online — a Trinidad home, an apartment in Mumbai, a penthouse in Dubai, holiday properties in the Caribbean, and precise values for each. None of it is traceable to a disclosure, a land registry, or any named primary source. The figures repeat across sites that cite one another.

This article does not reproduce those valuations as fact. Pooran is plainly wealthy — the contract figures above establish that on their own — but the itemised lifestyle inventories circulating about him are unverified, and a net worth estimate built on them would be guesswork dressed as research.

Car Collection

The same applies to the car collection. Lists naming a BMW i8, a Mercedes G-Wagen, a Porsche, a Lamborghini, multiple Ferraris and a Rolls-Royce Phantom appear widely, but none is sourced to Pooran, a dealership, or any registration record.

Claims about a $400,000 watch and $300,000 of jewellery fall into the same category — repeated often, sourced nowhere.

Annual spending breakdowns for private jets, holidays, personal staff and security also circulate with suspiciously round numbers. A player earning ₹21 crore from one league clearly has significant outgoings, but no one outside his accountants knows what they are, and this article will not invent them.

FAQs About Nicholas Pooran

How much did Pooran earn from international cricket?

From his West Indies contract and match fees, he earned about $700,000 annually, which is far less than his T20 league earnings.

Does Nicholas Pooran have other luxury possessions?

Yes, he owns luxury watches (Rolex, Patek Philippe worth up to $400,000), jewelry worth $300,000+, and also spends heavily on private jets, vacations, and personal staff.

What luxury cars are in his collection?

Includes a BMW i8, Lamborghini Aventador, Rolls-Royce Phantom, Ferraris, Porsche 911 Turbo, Mercedes G-Wagen, and others—worth over $1.8M in total.