West Indies captain Kieron Pollard changed into the primary guy from the country to play 100 T20is as he walked out for the toss within the second T20I towards India on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. Pollard received a mini-battle in his landmark fit as he received the toss and opted to bowl on a dewy night on the iconic venue.
Kieron Pollard may be the ninth guy in international cricket to finish 100 T20Is. Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik is on most sensible of the record with 124 fits whilst India captain Rohit Sharma is simply 3 in the back of the Pakistan all-rounder.
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Chris Gayle, who is without doubt one of the biggest batters within the shortest layout of the sport, has performed 79 T20Is handiest whilst Dwayne Bravo is subsequent handiest to Pollard with 91 T20Is.
Pollard has scored 1561 runs and 42 wickets, having emerged as one of the most best all-rounders within the shortest layout of the sport.
Forward of the second T20I, Kieron Pollard was once honoured within the workforce huddle with Jason Holder giving his captain the a hundredth T20I cap and Nicholas Pooran handing him the jersey. The Board of Keep watch over for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to social media to congratulate the West Indies skipper.
Congratulations to West Indies Skipper @KieronPollard55, who’s all set to play his a hundredth T20 Global.@Paytm #INDvWI %.twitter.com/DVe1qt0ADJ
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 18, 2022
Pollard is without doubt one of the greats of the sport within the shortest layout of the sport, having scored 11,419 runs in T20 cricket. He’s third at the all-time record which is crowned via Chris Gayle, who has 14,529 runs.
On the other hand, the West Indies want their captain to step up and ship with the bat. The guests are but to open their account in India, having misplaced all 3 ODIs and the T20I collection opener in Kolkata on Wednesday.
The go back of Holder might be a large spice up to the West Indies who’ve the benefit of bowling first at Kolkata on Friday.
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India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal.
West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Rovman Powell, Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Odean Smith, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, Sheldon Cottrell.
