Former West Indies star and former IPL opponent Dwayne Bravo has penned a heartfelt tribute to Kieron Pollard. The Mumbai Indians player hung his boots from IPL on Tuesday.
Kieron Pollard retires: Kieron Pollard bids adieu to a long 13-year journey as a player of Mumbai Indians. The all-rounder has scaled big heights in the IPL in his way.
As Kieron Pollard bows out of the Indian Premier League, Twitter has been flooded with tributes for the Mumbai Indians stalwart. Pollard has ended his 13-years-old association with the franchise as a player.
Former West Indies cricketer Kieron Pollard has retired from IPL. The all-rounder has become the batting coach for his Mumbai Indians franchise. Pollard stated that he will play for the MI Emirates in the UAE International T20 League.
After Pollard's failure vs GT, some fans wanted the match to be his last, while the others tweeted that he was finished.
His first assignment will in the Netherlands at the end of this month for three ODIs
The 34-year-old Pollard, who made his ODI debut back in 2007, fittingly played his last series against India, a country which has become his second home due to his long association with Mumbai Indians.
Suryakumar Yadav came up with an explosive 65 and was backed up by a spirited bowling effort by the seamers as West Indies fell short by 17 runs in their chase of 185 in the final T20I.
Nicholas Pooran stepped out for the toss as stand-in captain and named Odean Smith as Pollard's replacement for the do-or-die match.
Pollard missed the tour of Pakistan because of a hamstring injury at the T20 World Cup.
Pollard was replaced in the ODI squad by Devon Thomas and in the T20 squad by allrounder Rovman Powell.
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 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.
Hardik smashed two fours and a six in the penultimate over bowled by Mohammed Shami as his 40 not out off 30 balls saw MI snap a three-match losing streak successfully chasing down a target of 136 in 19 overs.
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.
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.
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