Kieron Pollard stirred up social media when he directed a tweet at former Indian cricketer, Aakash Chopra. Pollard later deleted that tweet, and whereas the motive behind the West Indian’s tweet remains to be unclear, it may need one thing to do with Chopra’s criticism of the all-rounder. The previous Indian opener was fairly vital of Pollard’s poor kind in IPL 2022.
Mumbai Indians endured an abysmal season on this yr’s IPL as they completed on the backside of the desk. The crew underperformed as a unit however Pollard’s underwhelming performances struck out like a sore thumb. The previous West Indies captain was finally dropped from the squad within the latter phases as he managed simply 144 runs in 11 innings.
The hard-hitting all-rounder has been one of many stalwarts of the MI squad for years and would possibly really feel a bit of arduous accomplished by all of the criticism he has acquired after his poor displaying within the IPL.
“Hope the fan base and followers elevated @cricketaakash… maintain it flowing .. #t20.!!” wrote Pollard within the deleted tweet.
Chopra had criticized Pollard for his terrible efficiency in IPL 2022
Kieron Pollard has gained 5 IPL titles with the Mumbai crew and has been considered one of their most constant performers through the years. He has led his facet to victory single-handedly on quite a few events. However along with his poor kind and lack of intent with the bat, the previous Indian opener was opinionated on releasing the veteran all-rounder from the squad.
“I feel we’ve seen the final of Kieron Pollard. INR 6 crores will probably be launched in the event that they don’t retain him. I feel they’ll let Murugan Ashwin (INR 1.6 crore) go as effectively. I’m not certain about Jaydev Unadkat (INR 1.3 crore) however they’ll undoubtedly say bye-bye to Tymal Mills (INR 1.5 crore),” the ex-India cricketer stated on his YouTube channel.
The cricketer-turned skilled additionally expressed earlier within the season that younger gamers must be given extra possibilities within the crew as an alternative of Pollard as he doesn’t supply a lot with the ball today.
“Kieron Pollard ought to go and Dewald Brevis ought to are available. What number of possibilities would you give to Pollard? He has simply not been scoring runs. His bowling may very well be helpful on this floor however you wouldn’t choose him within the crew for his bowling. So I feel the time has come to say tata bye-bye to Pollard,” added Chopra
