Nicholas Pooran gives Rs 15,000 pizza treat after his IPL payday

IPL payday, West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran gave his teammates a pizza party inside the bio-bubble, ordering 15 pizzas that cost him Rs 15,000. Pooran had endured an abysmal IPL 2021 season for Punjab Kings scoring 85 runs at a poor average of 7.72 and in the ongoing series too his performances have been below par.

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But despite his poor run, Sunrisers Hyderabad went all out for the Windies lefthander."

"Since outside food is not allowed he placed the order at the hotel chef for 15 pizzas," the local manager told PTI. As the team is in a grade one bio-bubble, everything had to be sanitised and even the temperature had to be maintained. "It needed to be vetted by a qualified chef. Since it's a strict grade one biobubble we have to tell the food temperature and how it is sanitised and then only it goes to the room.

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"There were a total of 15 pizza boxes and everything was sanitised before being delivered to the room. The player had to make the payment," he said. After pizza treat, comes a mild shock for PooranA day after the pizza treat, Pooran got a shock inside the team hotel, thanks to the strict bio-bubble security. Facing trouble with his phone charger, he requested for a spare one which