Kieron Pollard uncertain about his ODI future with West Indies
Kieron Pollard has shown his interest to participate in the 2019 World Cup but he is unsure whether or not he would get a chance to play the 50-over format again. The hard-hitting all-rounder has also stated that it was disheartening to see the team had to play qualifiers to get WC ticket.
It was back in October 2016 that Kieron Pollard had last offered his services for West Indies team in One-day internationals and since then, the big-hitting all-rounder has never got a call-up for the national squad. If T20 has categorized some players' name in its "superstar" bracket, then Pollardâs name certainly would come right up there and that led to the cricketing world using a phrase these days, â This guy is a T20 specialist.ââ Pretty much like that, Cricket West Indies has also thought to justify Pollardâs caliber as a shortest format batsman extraordinaire and has been selecting him only for T20I matches. However, Pollard stated that he wants to be in the CWIâs 50-over plans.
âI am still very much part of the West Indies International Twenty20 squad. The 50-over cricket is still a bit up in
After making his debut against South Africa way back in 2007, the all-rounder has only managed to play 101 ODIs so far and scored 2289 runs while picking 50 wickets, which doesnât give ample justification to the immense talent that he possesses. However, he earned a reputation by playing in different leagues around the world and he became the first player to feature in 400 T20s. In 2018, IPL mega auction defending champions Mumbai Indians put forth their Right To Match card to get him for a whopping amount of 5.40 crores and Pollard expressed his happiness about the opportunities that he has got.
âI am actually happy in my life, whatever opportunity I get to play, I am happy. Now I am focussing on the IPLâŚand, after that, there are a couple of international series.â
Due to the unavailability of DRS and the controversial DLS rule, Scotland failed to get the better of the two-time World Cup champions in the World Cup qualifier, which led to West Indies qualify for the next yearâs World Cup, slated to be hosted in England in June 2019. And Pollard, while congratulating the team for the success, has also maintained that it was sad to see the teamâs fall from the grace.
âCongratulations to them for qualifying for the World Cup, Obviously, as a West Indian cricketer, itâs disappointing that we had to go through that sort of an avenue ⌠but I think the guys went and did a fantastic job,â the 30-year-old concluded.