Kieron Pollard in action for West Indies. © AFP
West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard required to social networks on Wednesday to reveal his retirement from global cricket. Pollard, who was the captain of West Indies’ limited-overs groups played an overall of 123 ODIs and 101 T20 Is. He has actually been an important part of the Mumbai Indians group in the Indian Premier League for numerous years now and was kept by the franchise ahead of the mega auction in February this year.
Pollard published a video message on his Instagram account in which he revealed his choice to retire. He belonged to the West Indies group that won the 2012 ICC WT20 and lost out on his 2nd T20 World Cup title in 2016 as he missed out on the competition due to injury.
The 34- year-old Pollard, who made his ODI launching back in 2007, fittingly played his last series versus India, a nation that has actually become his 2nd house due to his long association with Mumbai Indians.
” Hey there all, after mindful consideration, I have actually chosen to retire from global cricket. It was an imagine mine to bet West Indies given that I was a 10- year-old kid and I am happy to represent the West Indies for over 15 years in T20 and ODI format of the video game,” Pollard revealed on his main Instagram page.
While he is a feared T20 cricketer, among the finest that the world has actually seen, his numbers for the West Indies stay underwhelming with just 2706 performs at simply above 26 and 55 wickets from 123 ODIs in addition to 1569 ranges from 101 T20 Is at approximately shade over25 He likewise took 44 wickets.
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While the emphasize of his global profession would be striking 6 6s of Akila Dananjaya in a T20 I. He belonged of the 2012 ICC T20 World Cup-winning West Indies team. He never ever played Test cricket.
( With PTI inputs)
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