KIERON POLLARD
Kieron Pollard has been one of the pillars of the Mumbai Indians (MI) since joining the franchise in 2010. He has played 189 matches, scoring 3412 runs with 16 fifties at a strike rate of 147.32, hitting 223 sixes and 218 fours to his name with the best score of 87*.
However, IPL 2022 proved to be his most abysmal season after IPL 2011 where he had scored 146 runs in 16 matches. Here in the IPL 2022, he made 144 runs in 11 matches at a strike rate of 107.46 with a best of 25.
However, MI backed him to get his form back and kept playing him even at the cost of benching the young and talented Tim David, who played just 2 matches at the beginning. However, Pollard was then dropped from the team due to his poor outings, with MI bringing in Tim David.
It remains to be seen whether MI retain Pollard for IPL 2023, especially now when they have a worthy successor in Tim David to take over his spot as the finisher.
