Colourful all-rounder Hardik Pandya is likely to be sent back into the IPL auction pool by Mumbai Indians as the five-time champions are more or less sanguine about the players who are in their retention list for the 2022 season.
The tournament will be held in Oman and United Arab Emirates from Sunday and defending champions West Indies begin their campaign against England on October 23.
The West Indian players have been taking a knee and raising their fists before the start of games in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
The Afghan spinner also picked retired South African legend A B de Villiers, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and West Indian swashbuckler Kieron Pollard among his favourites.
West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard said they will resist the temptation of adding Sunil Narine to their T20 World Cup squad despite the spinner's sublime form in the ongoing IPL.
Ishan Kishan made a remarkable return to form, scoring an unbeaten 50 off just 25 deliveries to steer MI to an 8-wicket victory against Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday.
Pollard was named the man of the match for his all-round figures (2/8 and 15* off 7 deliveries) against PBKS.
The under-fire Baroda all-rounder notched up a 30-ball 40, showing glimpses of his ability ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Punjab Kings managed a below-par 135 for 6 which MI surpassed in 19 over with Hardik Pandya scoring unbeaten 40 off 30 balls while Saurabh Tiwary top-scored with 45.
The Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder plucked wickets of KL Rahul and Chris Gayle in the IPL 2021 encounter against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Abu Dhabi.
Kieron Pollard replaced him as the captain of Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Kieron Pollard landed in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
With just four days left before the resumption of the league which will see quite a few changes in personnel, we take a look at some of the top moments from the first half of the 14th season.
The Windies all-rounder, who also captains the national team in the limited-overs formats, has played 554 T20s so far.
In West Indies' recent 3-2 loss to South Africa, it was the batting order which failed to fire collectively.
Pollard said that Narine is yet to have a complete preparation and confidence in his bowling action.
West Indies registered a comprehensive victory over South Africa in the first T20I of the five-match series.
The Mumbai Indians batsman said that the unbeaten 87 he scored against arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 'has to be somewhere near the top' .
Pollard played a memorable innings, smashing eight sixes and six boundaries to guide the defending champions to a four-wicket win.
CSK put on a mammoth 218/4 on the board, but the side's coach Stephen Fleming insisted that the side was still 10 runs short.
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