Kieron Pollard Most Sixes for Mumbai Indians
The Trinidadian powerhouse who smashed six sixes in an over and became the first West Indian to play 100 T20Is.
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Kieron Adrian Pollard (born 12 May 1987) is a Trinidadian cricketer, who captained the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket. He used to play in various T20 leagues around the globe as an all-rounder. He also used to captain MI Cape Town, MI Emirates and MI New York in the SA20, ILT20 and MLC respectively. He is currently playing for the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League. He is also the batting coach of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and was the assistant coach of the England cricket team for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. He was part of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 winning team for West Indies. During his period, he was one of the most aggressive batsmen and he also has the record of six 6s in an over against Sri Lanka.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- Mumbai Indians (2010–2021)
Lore & Background
Pollard was born in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago, where he was raised, along with two younger sisters, in a poor home by his single mother. After representing Trinidad and Tobago in the 2005 TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge, he was selected as part of the West Indies Under-19 cricket team to tour Pakistan. He made his senior debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the twenty20 competition against the Cayman Islands in July 2006. He made his first-class debut six months later against Barbados, and marked the occasion with a century. In the 2009 Champions league T-20 for Trinidad & Tobago, Pollard hit 54 runs in just 18 balls in the 15th match against New South Wales in Hyderabad. He has also represented the South Australian Redbacks in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash and Somerset County Cricket Club for the 2010 Friends Provident t20.
Reader's Guide
Pollard is a powerful all-rounder known for his aggressive batting and useful bowling. His game has been suited for limited overs formats, in which he has enjoyed a long international career; he has never played Test Cricket. He holds the record of hitting six sixes in an over against Sri Lanka in March 2021, becoming the third batsman to do so in international cricket after Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh. In February 2022, in the second match against India, Pollard became the first cricketer for the West Indies to play in 100 T20I matches.
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