Hyderabad, April 5 -- Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) hitter and former West Indies star Nicholas Pooran seems to be facing some post-international retirement blues in T20 cricket, as the left-handed batter continued his decline in the shortest format of the game with another poor Indian Premier League (IPL) outing for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

After registering a sluggish eight runs in the campaign opener against Delhi Capitals before being outdone by a slower delivery from Lungi Ngidi, Pooran was run out by Ishan Kishan for just one run in four balls.

This year has seen Pooran register his worst-ever average in T20s during a calendar year. In nine innings, he has scored just 121 runs at an average of 13.44, with a strike rate of 117.47 a...